Diagnostic accuracy of dilatation and curettage for abnormal uterine bleeding

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1049-1052

  Yarandi, Fariba ^a   Izadi Mood, Narges ^a   Eftekhar, Zahra ^a   Shojaei, Hadi ^a   Sarmadi, Soheila ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

abnormal uterine bleeding; atypical hyperplasia; dilatation and curettage; hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 77957577035     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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