Hormonal replacement therapy and evaluation of intrauterine pathology in postmenopausal women: A ten-year study

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-512

  Mossa, B ^a,b   Imperato, F ^a   Marziani, R ^a   Perniola, F ^a   Melluso, J ^a   Perniola, G ^a   Napolitano, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Endometrial adenocarcinoma; HRT; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0344876040     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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