Diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding with imaging

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-424

  Doubilet, Peter M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Biopsy; Postmenopausal bleeding; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; METRORRHAGIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; RELIABILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRORRHAGIA; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 79955021457     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181fedfc0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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