Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1803-1807 , June 2008

Prevalence of hysteroscopic findings and histologic diagnoses in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding

  • Ricardo Bassil Lasmar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Gynecological Endoscopy Service, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Post-graduate Program in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Mastology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
    • Ginendo Endoscopy Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ricardo Bassil Lasmar, Ph.D., Rua Voluntários da Pátria 126, sala 602, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22270-010 (FAX: 55-21-25372321).
    • ,
  • Rogério Dias, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gynecological Endoscopy Service, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Post-graduate Program in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Mastology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Paulo Roberto Mussel Barrozo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Post-graduate Program in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Mastology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
    • Ginendo Endoscopy Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marco Aurélio Pinho Oliveira, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Evandro da Silva Freire Coutinho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health Care, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Daniela Baltar da Rosa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Post-graduate Program in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Mastology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
    • Ginendo Endoscopy Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Received 13 February 2007 ,Revised 17 May 2007 ,Accepted 23 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.045

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1803-1807 , June 2008

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