Three-dimensional ultrasonography in the diagnosis of deep endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1189-1198

  Guerriero, Stefano ^a,b   Saba, Luca ^c   Ajossa, Silvia ^a,b   Peddes, Cristina ^a,b   Angiolucci, Marco ^a,b   Perniciano, Maura ^a,b   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a,b   Alcázar, Juan Luis ^d  

^a Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Duilio Casula   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria AOU   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Imaging; Three dimensional; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DEEP PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RECALL BIAS; RECTUM; SACRUM; SIGMOID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADOLESCENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900797381     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu054     Document Type: Article

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