Diagnostic inadequacy of dilatation and curettage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 803-805

  Bettocchi, Stefano ^a,b   Ceci, Oronzo ^a   Vicino, Mario ^a   Marello, Fiorino ^a   Impedovo, Luigi ^a   Selvaggi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dilatation and curettage; Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial histology; Hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ATROPHY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYSTERECTOMY; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035062725     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01792-1     Document Type: Article

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