Ultrasound for diagnosing acute salpingitis: A prospective observational diagnostic study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1569-1579

  Romosan, G ^a   Bjartling, C ^a   Skoog, L ^b   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Institution of Laboratory Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; emergency medicine; salpingitis; sensitivity specificity; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE TUBE TORSION; ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALPINGITIS;

EID: 84878340647     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det065     Document Type: Article

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