Gray-scale ultrasound morphology in the presence or absence of intrauterine fluid and vascularity as assessed by color Doppler for discrimination between benign and malignant endometrium in women with postmenopausal bleeding

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Epstein, E ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Endometrial cancer; Morphology; Postmenopause; Saline infusion sonography; Ultrasonography; Uterine bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33746504483     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2782     Document Type: Article

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