Correlation between transvaginal ultrasound measured endometrial thickness and histopathological findings in Afro-Caribbean Jamaican women with postmenopausal bleeding

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 568-572

  Phillip, H ^a   Dacosta, V ^a   Fletcher, H ^a   Kulkarni, S ^a   Reid, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; JAMAICA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 4544247559     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610410001722671     Document Type: Article

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