Comparison of transvaginal ultrasonography and vaginal sonohysterography in the detection of endometrial polyps

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-64

  Kamel, Hassan S ^a,b   Darwish, Atef M ^a   Mohamed, Safwat Abdel Rady ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Endometrial polyps; Hysteroscopy; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 0033989127     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079001060.x     Document Type: Article

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