The sensitivity and specificity of vaginal sonography in detecting endometrial abnormalities in women with postmenopausal bleeding

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-82

  Wolman, Igal ^a,b   Sagi, Joseph ^a   Ginat, Shimon ^a   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a   Hartoov, Joseph ^a   Jedwab, Gideon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Serlin Maternity Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endometrial abnormalities; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Vaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0030068853     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199602)24:2<79::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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