Radiology of Benign Disorders of Menstruation

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 414-432

  Griffin, Yvette ^a   Sudigali, Venkat ^a   Jacques, Audrey ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; MYOMECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PELVIC CONGESTION SYNDROME; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; POLYPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 77958190462     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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