European Journal of Radiology
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 142-146 , January 2005

Uterine contractions evaluated on cine MR imaging in patients with uterine leiomyomas

  • Mizuki Nishino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-75-751-311-5311; fax: +81-727-61-3543.
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  • Kaori Togashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Asako Nakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Katsumi Hayakawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Shotarou Kanao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Iwasaku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Shingo Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Received 27 November 2003 ,Revised 9 January 2004 ,Accepted 13 January 2004.

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☆ Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.01.009.

PII: S0720-048X(04)00030-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.01.009

European Journal of Radiology
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