Comparison of transvaginal ultrasonography with hysterosonography as a screening method in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Ryu, Jeong Ah ^a,b   Kim, Bohyun ^a   Lee, Jongmee ^a   Kim, Sooah ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Comparative studies; Endometrium; Transvaginal; Ultrasound; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; HYSTEROSONOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYP; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCREENING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

EID: 2342612891     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2004.5.1.39     Document Type: Review

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