The diagnostic accuracy of outpatient miniature hysteroscopy in predicting premalignant and malignant endometrial lesions

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Bakour, Shagaf H ^b   Dwarakanath, Linga S ^b   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Newton, John R ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Hysteroscopy; Likelihood ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRECANCER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THICKNESS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0032780966     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1999.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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