Diagnostic accuracy of endometrial thickness to exclude polyps in women with postmenopausal bleeding

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 286-290

  Timmermans, Anne ^a,b   Gerritse, Maaike B E ^c   Opmeer, Brent C ^b   Jansen, Frank W ^d   Mol, Ben W J ^b,e   Veersema, Sebastiaan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Endometrial polyps; Endometrial thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; POSTMENOPAUSE; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; ROC CURVE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44349084926     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20415     Document Type: Article

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