The role of elastography in the differential diagnosis of endometrial pathologies, preliminary

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 494-497

  Preis, Krzysztof ^a   Zielinska, Katarzyna ^a   Swiatkowska Freund, Malgorzata ^a   Wydra, Dariusz ^a   Kobierski, Juliusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elastography; Endometrial cancer; Endometrium; Hypertrophy of endometrium; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052095968     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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