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Real-time tissue elastography of uterine sarcoma

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The work reported in this paper was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Constructive Developmental Science” (No. 24119004), and Research Grant (No. 25462561) from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.

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  1. Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Kagawa University School of Medicine, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan

    Emiko Nitta, Kenji Kanenishi, Hirokazu Tanaka & Toshiyuki Hata

  2. Research and Development Design Department, Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd., 2-1 Shintoyofuta, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-0804, Japan

    Noriko Itabashi

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Nitta, E., Kanenishi, K., Itabashi, N. et al. Real-time tissue elastography of uterine sarcoma. Arch Gynecol Obstet 289, 463–465 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-013-2974-x

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