The endometrial echo revisited: Have we created a monster?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1092-1096

  Goldstein, Steven R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Endometrial echo; Endometrium; Sonography; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; GYNECOLOGICAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 7044239341     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.017     Document Type: Article

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