Imaging the endometrium in postmenopausal bleeding

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7594, 2007, Pages 635-636

  Sahdev, A ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGED; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; HYPERPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; UTERUS BLEEDING;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; TAMOXIFEN; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33947726495     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39126.628924.BE     Document Type: Short Survey

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