A thin and regular endometrium on ultrasound is very unlikely in patients with endometrial malignancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 674-679

  Van Den Bosch, T ^a   Van Schoubroeck, D ^a   Domali, E ^a   Vergote, I ^a   Moerman, P ^a   Amant, F ^a   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250829119     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4031     Document Type: Article

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