A randomised controlled trial comparing transvaginal ultrasound, outpatient hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy with inpatient hysteroscopy and curettage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1259-1264

  Tahir, M M ^a   Bigrigg, M A ^a   Browning, J J ^b   Brookes, T ^c   Smith, Phillip A ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOPSY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032786304     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08179.x     Document Type: Article

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