The role of transvaginal ultrasonography and outpatient diagnostic hysteroscopy in the evaluation of patients with menorrhagia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1768-1771

  Vercellini, Paolo ^a   Cortesi, Ilenia ^a   Oldani, Sabina ^a   Moschetta, Marta ^a   De Giorgi, Olga ^a   Crosignani, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Hysteroscopy; Menorrhagia; Ultrasonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0030984018     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1768     Document Type: Article

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