The significance of intrauterine lesions detected by ultrasound in asymptomatic postmenopausal patients

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-381

  Lev Sagie, Ahinoam ^a   Hamani, Yaron ^a   Imbar, Tal ^a   Hurwitz, Arye ^a   Lavy, Yuval ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 14644399788     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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