Differential indication for histological evaluation of endometrial fluid in postmenopause

Maturitas

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-181

  Schmidt, T ^a   Nawroth, F ^a   Breidenbach, M ^a   Hoopmann, M ^a   Mallmann, P ^a   Valter, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial fluid; Endometrium; Hysteroscopy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS FLUID; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 13944258145     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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