Endometriomas: Their ultrasound characteristics

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 730-740

  Van Holsbeke, C ^a,c   Van Calster, B ^b   Guerriero, S ^d   Savelli, L ^e   Paladini, D ^f   Lissoni, A A ^g   Czekierdowski, A ⁱ   Fischerova, D ^j   Zhang, J ^k   Mestdagh, G ^c   Testa, A C ^h   Bourne, T ^l   Valentin, L ^m   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^j CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^l IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Endometrioma; Endometriosis; Ovarian neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953561372     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7668     Document Type: Article

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