Saline Infusion Sonohysterography

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Ong, Chiou Li ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; BALLOON CATHETER; BREAST CANCER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOTTING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SYNECHIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 64849095177     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2007.01.009     Document Type: Review

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