Endometrial volume as predictor of malignancy in women with postmenopausal bleeding

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-210

  Mansour, G M ^a   El Lamie, I K I ^a   El Kady, M A ^a   El Mekkawi, S F ^a   Laban, M ^b   Abou Gabal, A I ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endometrial volume; Postmenopausal bleeding; Three dimensional ultrasound; Virtual organ computer aided analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 35548957698     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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