Dilatation and curettage fails to detect most focal lesions in the uterine cavity in women with postmenopausal bleeding

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1131-1136

  Epstein, E ^a   Ramirez, A ^a   Skoog, L ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dilatation and curettage; Endometrial pathology; Hysteroscopy; Postmenopausal bleeding; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0035690259     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2001.801210.x     Document Type: Article

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