Missed hysteroscopic detection of uterine carcinoma before endometrial resection: Report of three cases

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 298-300

  Colafranceschi, Maurizio ^a   Bettocchi, Stefano ^b   Mencaglia, Luca ^c   Van Herendael, Bruno J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d Algemeen Ziekenhuis Jan Palfijn   (Belgium)

^e University of Varese   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0030221150     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0230     Document Type: Article

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