Diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography in the detection of uterine abnormalities in infertile women

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Niknejadi, Maryam ^a   Haghighi, Hadieh ^a   Ahmadi, Firoozeh ^a   Niknejad, Fatemeh ^a   Chehrazi, Mohammad ^a   Vosough, Ahmad ^a   Moenian, Deena ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ultrasonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 84870321537     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: 20082711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/iranjradiol.8063     Document Type: Article

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