Menorrhagia and abnormal bleeding before the menopause

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-69

  Goldstein, Steven R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial carcinoma; Endometrial hyperplasia; Menorrhagia; Sonolysterography; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYSTEROGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; MENORRHAGIA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 1542376188     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2003.10.003     Document Type: Review

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