EMAS clinical guide: Assessment of the endometrium in peri and postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-190

  Dreisler, Eva ^a   Poulsen, Lars Grønlund ^a   Antonsen, Sofie Leisby ^a   Ceausu, Iuliana ^b,c   Depypere, Herman ^d   Erel, C Tamer ^e   Lambrinoudaki, Irene ^f   Pérez López, Faustino R ^g   Simoncini, Tommaso ^h   Tremollieres, Florence ⁱ   Rees, Margaret ^j   Ulrich, Lian G ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^j JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Clinical guide; Curettage; Endometrial assessment; Endometrial biopsy; Endometrial bleeding; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BAZEDOXIFENE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN; TIBOLONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLIMACTERIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MYOMA; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 84877819892     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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