Transvaginal ultrasonography with water-contrast in the rectum in the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis;Ecografia transvaginale con distensione del retto con soluzione fisiologica nella diagnosi dell'endometriosi intestinale

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-185

  Morotti, M ^a   Ferrero, S ^a   Bogliolo, S ^a   Venturini, P L ^a   Remorgida, V ^a   Valenzano Menada, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis, diagnosis; Intestines; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANUS; CATHETER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTESTINE WALL; PATIENT POSITIONING; RECTOSIGMOID ENDOMETRIOSIS; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTAL DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA; WATER;

EID: 77954008068     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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