The significance of an 'insufficient' Pipelle sample in the investigation of post-menopausal bleeding

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 810-812

  Farrell, Tom ^a   Jones, Nicholas ^a   Owen, Philip ^b   Baird, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Insufficient' Pipelle sample; Post menopausal bleeding; Uterine cavity length

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0032874912     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780914.x     Document Type: Article

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