Transvaginal ultrasonography of the endometrium in postmenopausal Japanese women

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 218-223

  Tsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroaki ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Kawamura, Naoki ^a   Adachi, Ken Ichi ^b   Bandera, Christina A ^c  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Media Planning Inc   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian women; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 27644579838     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087375     Document Type: Article

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