Detection of Benign Intracavitary Lesions in Postmenopausal Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Prospective Comparative Study on Outpatient Hysteroscopy and Blind Biopsy

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Angioni, Stefano ^a   Loddo, Alessandro ^a   Milano, Francesca ^a   Piras, Bruno ^a   Minerba, Luigi ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial polyp; Hysteroscopy; Myoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38949091682     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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