Endometrial polyps: Prevalence, detection, and malignant potential in women with abnormal uterine bleeding

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-183

  Anastasiadis, P G ^a   Koutlaki, N G ^b   Skaphida, P G ^b   Galazios, G Ch ^b   Tsikouras, P N ^b   Liberis, V A ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial polyps; Prevalence; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; POLYP; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COMORBIDITY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034011840     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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