Endometrial thickness measurement for detecting endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Timmermans, Anne ^a   Opmeer, Brent C ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Bachmann, Lucas M ^a   Epstein, Elisabeth ^a   Clark, T Justin ^a   Gupta, Janesh K ^a   Bakour, Shagaf H ^a   Van Den Bosch, Thierry ^a   Van Doorn, Helena C ^a   Cameron, Sharon T ^a   Giusa, M Gabriella ^a   Dessole, Stefano ^a   Dijkhuizen, F Paul H L J ^a   Ter Riet, Gerben ^a   Mol, Ben W J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77954060495     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e3e7e8     Document Type: Review

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