Transvaginal sonography, sonohysterography, and hysteroscopy for investigation of focal intrauterine lesions in women with recurrent postmenopausal bleeding after dilatation & curettage

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 281, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Karageyim Karsidag, A Yasemin ^a,b   Buyukbayrak, Esra Esim ^a   Kars, Bulent ^a   Unal, Orhan ^a   Turan, M Cem ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dilatation curettage; Hysteroscopy; Postmenopause; Sonohysterography; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

AGED; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECURRENCE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77950628724     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1150-9     Document Type: Article

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