Comparison of sonography, sonohysterography, and hysteroscopy for evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 587-591

  Saldi, Mo H ^a,b   Sadler, R Kent ^b   Theis, Vernon D ^b   Akright, Bruce D ^b   Farhart, Scott A ^b   Villanueva, Gil R ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b Northeast OB/GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal sonography; Uterine

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GYNECOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOPSY; HYSTEROSCOPY; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031238450     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.9.587     Document Type: Article

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