Endovaginal ultrasound to exclude endometrial cancer and other endometrial abnormalities

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1510-1517

  Smith Bindman, Rebecca ^a,b,d   Kerlikowske, Karla ^a,b   Feldstein, Vickie A ^b   Subak, Leslee ^b   Scheidler, Juergen ^b,c   Segal, Mark ^b   Brand, Richard ^b   Grady, Deborah ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0032483688     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.17.1510     Document Type: Review

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