Postmenopausal bleeding: A diagnostic approach for both private and public sectors

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 174-178

  Spicer, J M ^a   Siebert, I ^a   Kruger, T F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accurette ; Endometrial sampling; Hysteroscopy; Postmenopausal bleeding; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED TUMOR, MULLERIAN; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33645694863     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091413     Document Type: Article

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