Dysfunctional uterine bleeding: Diagnostic approach and therapeutic options

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-256

  Brasic, Natasha ^a   Feldstein, Vickie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Endometrial polyp; Endometrium; Sonohysterography

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ADNEXA DISEASE; BALLOON CATHETER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM PROLIFERATION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYSTEROGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METRORRHAGIA; NAUSEA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS SARCOMA;

EID: 77956698234     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2010.03.007     Document Type: Review

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