Diagnostic accuracy of sonohysterography and transvaginal sonography as compared with hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy: A prospective study

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-427

  La Sala, G B ^a   Blasi, I ^a   Gallinelli, A ^b   Debbi, C ^a   Lopopolo, G ^a   Vinci, V ^c   Villani, M T ^a   Iannotti, F ^a  

^a Arcispedale S Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^b Ospedale Unico Della Versilia Lido di Camaiore   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Hysteroscopy; Ultrasonography; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMA; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82955226183     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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