Transvaginal Sonographic Criteria for the Diagnosis of Adenomyosis Based on Histopathologic Correlation

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Lin, Pauly ^a   Sun, Ying Lung ^a   Wang, Chen Bin ^a   Lee, Chung Yuan ^a   Wun, Ting Hung ^a   Lin, Yu Hsiang ^a   Tseng, Ching Cheng ^a   Chen, Chun Hung ^a   Tseng, Chih Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; linear striation; transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 77953268046     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(10)60007-1     Document Type: Article

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