High risk of cervical pathology among women with postmenopausal bleeding and endometrium ≤4.4 mm: Long-term follow-up results

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1368-1374

  Epstein, Elisabeth ^a   Jamei, Babak ^a   Lindqvist, Pelle G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical pathology; Endometrial cancer; Postmenopause; Ultrasonography; Uterine bleeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37549014038     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600883435     Document Type: Article

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