Probability analysis for diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia and cancer in postmenopausal bleeding: An approach for a rational diagnostic workup

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 564-569

  Bachmann, Lucas M ^a,c   Ter Riet, Gerben ^a,b   Clark, T Justin ^c   Gupta, Janesh K ^c   Khan, Khalid S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial hyperplasia; Hysteroscopy; Regression analysis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037699897     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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