Role of ultrasound in the assessment of postmenopausal bleeding

Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-206

  Appleton, Kallie ^a   Plavsic, Sanja Kupesic ^a  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

3D power Doppler ultrasound; 3D ultrasound; Atrophic endometrium; Cervical carcinoma; Color Doppler ultrasound; Endometrial carcinoma; Endometrial hyperplasia; Endometrial polyp; Postmenopausal bleeding; Saline infusion sonography; Ultrasonography; Uterine leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOTTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS SARCOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 84862533616     PISSN: 0973614X     EISSN: 09751912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1243     Document Type: Article

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