Comparison of transvaginal sonography, saline infusion sonography, and hysteroscopy in premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 217-223

  De Vries, Laila D ^a   Dijkhuizen, F Paul H L J ^a,c   Mol, Ben W J ^a   Brölmann, Hans A M ^a   Moret, Eveline ^a   Heintz, A Peter M ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial thickness; Hysteroscopy; Saline infusion ultrasonography; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034082688     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(200006)28:5<217::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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