Evaluation of different transvaginal sonographic diagnostic parameters in women with postmenopausal bleeding

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-270

  Weber, G ^a,b   Merz, E ^a   Bahlmann, F ^a   Rosch B ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial assessment; Endometrial border; Endometrial morphology; Endometrial thickness; Postmenopausal bleeding; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031771886     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12040265.x     Document Type: Article

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