The evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-273

  Hatasaka, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOMYOSIS; ANEMIA; ANOVULATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CANCER RISK; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 18044368265     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000161485.35535.9a     Document Type: Review

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