Hysteroscopy for asymptomatic postmenopausal women with sonographically thickened endometrium

Maturitas

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-178

  Schmidt, Torsten ^a   Breidenbach, Martina ^b   Nawroth, Frank ^a   Mallmann, Peter ^a   Beyer, Ines M ^c   Fleisch, Markus C ^c   Rein, Daniel T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Hysteroscopy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

AGED; ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60949102962     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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