Ultrasound mapping of pelvic endometriosis: Does the location and number of lesions affect the diagnostic accuracy? A multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holland, Tom K ^a   Cutner, Alfred ^b   Saridogan, Ertan ^b   Mavrelos, Dimitrios ^a   Pateman, Kate ^b   Jurkovic, Davor ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; DOUGLAS' POUCH; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ADHESIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887168733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-43     Document Type: Article

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