Transvaginal ultrasonography and saline infusion sonohysterography for the detection of intra-uterine lesions in pre- and post-menopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1205-1213

  Yildizhan, Begum ^a   Yildizhan, Recep ^b   Ozkesici, B ^c   Suer, N ^c  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Intra uterine lesions; Saline infusion sonohysterography; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILATION AND EVACUATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALINE INFUSION SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; INFUSION; METHODOLOGY; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERUS;

ADULT; AGED; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERUS;

EID: 59649088822     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000803600606     Document Type: Article

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