The value of sonohysterography combined with cytological analysis of the fluid retrieved from the endometrial cavity in predicting histological diagnosis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-63

  Aviram, R ^a   Michaeli, G ^b   Lew, S ^a   Fishman, A ^a   Beyth, Y ^a   Bernheim, J ^a   Tepper, R ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Meir Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnosis; Endometrium; Sonohysterography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURETTAGE; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032820905     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14010058.x     Document Type: Article

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