Modern evaluation of the endometrium

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-176

  Goldstein, Steven R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; METRORRHAGIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77954077306     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181dfd557     Document Type: Review

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