Capacity of endometrial thickness measurement to diagnose endometrial carcinoma in asymptomatic postmenopausal women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 621-629

  Breijer, M C ^a,b   Peeters, J A H ^c   Opmeer, B C ^d   Clark, T J ^e   Verheijen, R H M ^f   Mol, B W J ^a   Timmermans, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

asymptomatic postmenopausal women; atypical hyperplasia; endometrial carcinoma; endometrial thickness; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870557310     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12306     Document Type: Review

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