Endometrial polyps in postmenopausal women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 618-620

  Domingues, Ana Patrícia ^a   Lopes, Helena ^a   Dias, Isabel ^a   De Oliveira, Carlos Freire ^a,b  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial polyps; Postmenopausal bleeding; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERUS CANCER;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65649088747     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902818188     Document Type: Article

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