Diagnostic accuracy of real-time 3D sonography in the diagnosis of congenital mullerian anomalies in high-risk patients with respect to the phase of the menstrual cycle

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-127

  Caliskan, Eray ^a   Ozkan, Sabiha ^a   Cakiroglu, Yigit ^a   Sarisoy, Hasan Tahsin ^a   Corakci, Aydin ^a   Ozeren, Semih ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

2D ultrasound; Congenital mullerian defect; Phase of cycle; Real time 3D ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 77949436744     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20662     Document Type: Article

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