Uterine junctional zone and endometrial cancer

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 631-635

  Kunz, G ^a   Schmid, U ^a  

^a Sti Johannes Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Junctional zone of the myometrium; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 77149158493     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: 14388804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185879     Document Type: Article

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