Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1770-1774 , November 2008

A Comparison Between Ultrasound Therapy and Laser Therapy for Symptomatic Cervical Ectopy

  • Jinyun Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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  • Deping Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Yuming Liu

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Jianhua Peng

      Affiliations

    • Obstetric and Gynecology Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Chengzhi Li

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Wenzhi Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Zhibiao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Zhibiao Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 153 Box,1 Yixueyuan Rd., Daping, Chongqing 400016, China

Received 4 October 2007 ,Revised 13 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00147-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.013

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1770-1774 , November 2008

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