Developing a robust and efficient pathway for the referral and investigation of women with post-menopausal bleeding using a cut-off of ≤4 mm for normal thickness

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 957, 2007, Pages 719-723

  Williams, S C ^a   Lopez, C ^b   Yoong, A ^b   McHugo, Josephine M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RISK; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 35549013357     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/87219886     Document Type: Article

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