Is it worth taking a biopsy of the normal-looking endometrium?

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-229

  Badawy, Ahmed ^a   Ash, Alok ^a   Nagele, Fritz ^a   O'Connor, Hugh ^a   Davis, Anthony ^a   Magos, Adam L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Diagnostic hysteroscopy; Endometrial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CAVITY;

EID: 0029836574     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1996.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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