Prediction models in women with postmenopausal bleeding: A systematic review

Women's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-262

  Van Hanegem, Nehalennia ^a,b   Breijer, Maria C ^a,c   Opmeer, Brent C ^a   Mol, Ben W J ^a   Timmermans, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

endometrial carcinoma; multivariate analysis; postmenopausal bleeding; prediction models; prognostic studies

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CALIBRATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIAL COLOR; ENDOMETRIAL MORPHOLOGY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULARITY INDEX;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84860580490     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.12.10     Document Type: Review

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