ACR appropriateness criteria ® on abnormal vaginal bleeding

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 460-468

  Bennett, Genevieve L ^a   Andreotti, Rochelle F ^b   Lee, Susanna I ^c   Dejesus Allison, Sandra O ^d   Brown, Douglas L ^e   Dubinsky, Theodore ^f   Glanc, Phyllis ^g   Mitchell, Donald G ^h   Podrasky, Ann E ⁱ   Shipp, Thomas D ^j,k   Siegel, Cary Lynn ^l   Wong You Cheong, Jade J ^m   Zelop, Carolyn M ^k,n  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^j Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^k AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

endometrium; hysterosonography; MRI; transvaginal ultrasound; vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACR APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84928096284     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.03.011     Document Type: Review

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