Transvaginal ultrasound and lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme activity profile in uterine aspirate for diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in women with postmenopausal bleeding

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1322-1326

  Niklasson, O ^a   Skude, G ^b   Lingman, G ^a   Casslen B ^a   Marsal K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endometrial aspirate; Endometrial carcinoma; Lactate dehydrogenase; Postmenopausal bleeding; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DILUTION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS; UTERUS FLUID; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 35948965557     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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