Role of trans-vaginal sonography in deep infiltrating posterior endometriosis;Ruolo dell'ecografia transvaginale nell'endometriosi profonda infiltrante posteriore

Giornale Italiano di Ostetricia e Ginecologia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Falco, M L ^a   Pareto, A E ^a   Serino, C ^a   Trezza, F ^a   Fusco, R ^a   De Luca, G ^a   Valentino, A ^a   Ottaviano, M ^a   D'Ettore, A ^a   Tolino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Endometriosis; Trans vaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEEP INFILTRATING POSTERIOR ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054912116     PISSN: 03919013     EISSN: 19711433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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