Does hysteroscopy improve upon the sensitivity of dilatation and curettage in the diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia or carcinoma?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-7

  Ben Yehuda, Ohad M ^a   Kim, Young B ^a   Leuchter, Ronald S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Dilatation and curettage; Endometrial hyperplasia; Hysteroscopy; Uterine neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031909970     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4891     Document Type: Article

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