Histopathologic findings in women with postmenopausal bleeding: Implication for endometrial thickness and circulating levels of sex steroid hormones

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Yildirim, Mulazim ^a   Bozkurt, Nuray ^a   Kurdoglu, Mertihan ^b   Taskiran, Cagatay ^a   Oktem, Mesut ^c   Dilek, K Umut ^d  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cankiri State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Postmenopausal bleeding; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROLACTIN;

EID: 34548566959     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0361-1     Document Type: Article

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