MR imaging in deep pelvic endometriosis: A pictorial essay

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 549-567

  Coutinho, Antônio ^a,b,c   Bittencourt, Leonardo Kayat ^a,b,d,e   Pires, Cíntia E ^a   Junqueira, Flávia ^a,d   Lima, Cláudio Márcio Amaral de Oliveira ^c   Coutinho, Elisa ^a,b,c   Domingues, Marisa A ^a,b   Domingues, Romeu C ^a,b   Marchiori, Edson ^d  

^a Clinica de Diagnostico Por Imagem CDPI   (Brazil)

^b Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

^c Fátima Digittal   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e Carlos Bittencourt Diagnostico por Imagem   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS;

EID: 79953771089     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.312105144     Document Type: Article

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