Factors affecting adequacy of Pipelle and Tao Brush endometrial sampling

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1028-1036

  Williams, A R W ^a   Brechin, S ^b   Porter, A J L ^a   Warner, P ^a   Critchley, H O D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial biopsy; Pipelle; Tao Brush

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PIPELLE ENDOMETRIAL SAMPLER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAO BRUSH; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 45249087239     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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