Does persistent postmenopausal bleeding justify hysterectomy?

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-28

  Fung, M Fung Kee ^a   Burnett, M ^b   Faught, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hysterectomy; Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031045462     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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