Clinical evaluation of women with PMB. Is it always necessary an endometrial biopsy to be performed? A review of the literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Dimitraki, Marina ^a   Tsikouras, Panagiotis ^a   Bouchlariotou, Sophia ^a   Dafopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Liberis, Vasileios ^a   Maroulis, Georgios ^a   Teichmann, Alexander Tobias ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Aschaffenburg Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endometrial thickness; Postmenopausal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 78751706136     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1601-3     Document Type: Article

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