Value of transvaginal ultrasonography in endometrial evaluation of non-bleeding postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Kasraeian, M ^a   Asadi, N ^a   Ghaffarpasand, F ^b   Karimi, A A ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

accuracy; endometrial pathology; postmenopausalwomen; sensitivity; specificity; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 79951599570     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2010.514079     Document Type: Article

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