Accuracy of endometrial thickness in detecting benign endometrial pathology in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Skaznik Wikiel, Malgorzata E ^a   Jelovsek, J Eric ^a   Andrews, Brenda ^a   Bradley, Linda D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial thickness; Postmenopausal bleeding; Saline infusion sonography.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 74549170932     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181ae20de     Document Type: Review

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