Asymptomatic postmenopausal intrauterine fluid accumulation: Characterization and significance

Climacteric

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Bar Hava, I ^b   Orvieto, R ^b   Ferber, A ^b   Krissi, H ^b   Rath Wolfson, L ^a   Gal, R ^a   Ben Rafael, Z ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Beilinson Campus ^*

Author keywords

Fluid; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Menopause; Ultrasound; Uterine Cavity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BODY FLUID; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS;

AGED; BIOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 0032374141     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697139809085555     Document Type: Article

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