Reliability of narrow-band imaging (NBI) hysteroscopy: A comparative study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2303-2307

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Tinelli, Raffaele ^a   Colafiglio, Giuseppe ^a   Pastore, Addolorata ^a   Mastrolia, Salvatore ^a   Lepera, Achiropita ^a   Clevin, Lotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic endometritis; endometrial biopsy; endometrial micropolyps; hysteroscopy; inflammation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE ENDOMETRIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHITE LIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 78049279725     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.083     Document Type: Article

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