An imaging algorithm for evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding: Does sonohysterography play a role?

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 823-825

  Lee, Susanna I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 34948835614     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318136e1c6     Document Type: Editorial

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