Comparison of transvaginal ultrasonography and saline infusion sonohysterography in evaluating the endometrial cavity in pre- and postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 846-852

  Erdem, Mehmet ^a   Bilgin, Ufuk ^a   Bozkurt, Nuray ^a,b   Erdem, Ahmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial pathology; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA;

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

EID: 34948866177     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3180333a6b     Document Type: Article

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