Is hysteroscopic appearance a safe means of differentiating malignant from benign endometrial polyps in postmenopausal women?

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-51

  De Almeida Silva Reis, Patrícia ^a,b   Nogueira, Antonio A ^a   Dos Reis, Francisco J C ^a   Campolungo, Adriana ^a   Carrara, Hélio H A ^a   De Andrade, Jurandyr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clear cell carcinoma; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; Endometrial polyps; Histological diagnosis; Hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035059351     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.2001.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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