Histopathologic assessment of the entire endometrium in asymptomatic women

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2293-2301

  Mingels, Marjanka J J M ^a   Geels, Yvette P ^a   Pijnenborg, Johanna M A ^b   Van Der Wurff, Anneke A ^b   Van Tilborg, Angela A G ^a   Van Ham, Maaike A P C ^a   Massuger, Leon F A G ^a   Bulten, Johan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atypical hyperplasia; Endometrial neoplasia; Endometrium; Histopathology; Hysterectomy; Uterine prolapse

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ATYPICAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 84884413432     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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