Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 113-115 , March 2010

Endometriosis following cesarean section: ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging

  • Anja Randriamarolahy

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 377 979 896 44; fax: +33 377 979 896 97.
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  • Hubert Perrin

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Viscérale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Jean Michel Cucchi

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Françoise Fuerxer

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Philippe Brunner

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France
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  • Jean Noël Bruneton

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, 1, Avenue Pasteur, 98012 Monaco Cedex, France

Received 1 June 2009 ,Accepted 26 June 2009.

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PII: S0899-7071(09)00199-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.08.025

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 113-115 , March 2010

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