Prediction of endometrial malignancy in women with postmenopausal bleeding and sonographic endometrial thickness ≥ 4.5 mm

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-240

  Opolskiene, G ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

color Doppler; endometrial neoplasms; postmenopause; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS BLEEDING; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 79251650370     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8871     Document Type: Article

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