Reproducibility of transvaginal ultrasonographic measurements of endometrial thickness in patients with postmenopausal bleeding

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-194

  Wolman, Igal ^a,b   Amster, Reuben ^a   Hartoov, Joseph ^a   Gull, Ilan ^a   Kupfermintz, Michael ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Postmenopausal bleeding; Transvaginal ultrasonographic measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 0031709941     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010031     Document Type: Article

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