Endometrial brush biopsy: An accurate outpatient method of detecting endometrial malignancy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Wu, Howard Her Juing ^a   Casto, Bryan D ^a   Elsheikh, Tarik M ^a  

^a BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial hyperplasia; Endometrium; Tao Brush

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CURETTAGE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037245047     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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