Value of 3-Dimensional Sonohysterography in Infertility Work-up

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-58

  El Sherbiny, Walid ^a   Nasr, Ahmed S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Infertility; Intrauterine lesions; Outpatient hysteroscopy; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URETHRA INJURY; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650694713     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.08.697     Document Type: Article

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