TV sonographic assessment in postmenopausal women with bleeding

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Tsikouras, P ^a,b   Liberis, V ^a   Galazios, G ^a   Grapsas, X ^a   Kantari, P ^a   Papageorgiou, S ^a   Maroulis, G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Lysimachou/Petrina   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Endometrium thickness; Postmenopausal women with bleeding; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGINA;

EID: 40449098435     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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