Relationships between transvaginal colour Doppler findings, infectious parameters and visual analogue scale scores in patients with mild acute pelvic inflammatory disease

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Özbay, Koray ^a   Deveci, Serol ^b  

^a Government Hospital of Ahlat   (Turkey)

^b High School of Health   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler; Infection; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARCUATE ARTERY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILITY INDEX; RESISTANCE INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERO OVARIAN ARTERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79955582349     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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