Can colour Doppler ultrasonography predict the prognosis of endometrial hyperplasia?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-284

  Badawy, Ahmed M ^a   Abu Elata, M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0038039417     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610310000100105     Document Type: Article

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