Magnetic resonance neurography for the diagnosis of extrapelvic sciatic endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 351.e11-351.e14

  Pham, Mirko ^a,b   Sommer, Claudia ^b   Wessig, Carsten ^b   Monoranu, Camelia Maria ^b   Pérez, José ^b   Stoll, Guido ^b   Bendszus, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrapelvic endometriosis; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance neurography; sciatic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; ESTROGEN; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXTRAPELVIC SCIATIC ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHIALGIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LEG PAIN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 77952546383     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.046     Document Type: Article

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