Detection of benign endometrial masses by endometrial stripe measurement in premenopausal women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-125

  Breitkopf, Daniel M ^a,b   Frederickson, Renee A ^a   Snyder, Russell R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIAL STRIPE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UTERUS BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ECHOGRAPHY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; PREMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3242660863     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000130065.49187.c8     Document Type: Article

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