Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging for discrimination between benign and malignant endometrium in women with postmenopausal bleeding and sonographic endometrial thickness of at least 4.5 mm

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Opolskiene, G ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^a   Jokubkiene, L ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endometrial neoplasms; Postmenopause; Three dimensional imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 74049103664     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7445     Document Type: Article

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