Length of the endometrial cavity as measured by uterine sounding and ultrasonography in women of different parities

Contraception

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 515-519

  Canteiro, Renata ^a   Bahamondes, M Valeria ^a   dos Santos Fernandes, Arlete ^a   Espejo Arce, Ximena ^a   Marchi, Nadia M ^a   Bahamondes, Luis ^a  

^a School of Medical Sciences   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometrial length; Intrauterine device; Nulligravida women; Parous women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PARITY; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CERVIX UTERI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICE EXPULSION; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952320072     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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