Hysteroscopy as a standard procedure for assessing endometrial lesions among postmenopausal women

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 338-342

  Ribeiro, Camila Toffoli ^a   Rosa e Silva, Júlio César ^a   Silva de Sá, Marcos Felipe ^a   de Sá Rosa e Silva, Ana Carolina Japur ^a   Poli Neto, Omero Benedicto ^a   dos Reís, Francisco José Candido ^a   Nogueira, Antonio Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endometrial carcinoma; Hysteroscopy; Postmenopause; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 42249105239     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000600007     Document Type: Article

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