Significance of endovaginal ultrasonography in assessing tamoxifen-associated changes of the endometrium. A prospective study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 697-701

  Strauss, Hans Georg ^a   Wolters, Matthias ^a   Methfessel, Gisela ^a   Buchmann, Juergen ^a   Koelbl, Heinz ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial hyperplasia; Tamoxifen; Vaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURETTAGE; CYST; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAMOXIFEN; VAGINA;

EID: 0033931508     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079008697.x     Document Type: Article

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