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Original Article

Thickened endometrium in asymptomatic postmenopausal women – determining an optimum threshold for prediction of atypical hyperplasia and cancer

Ahmed GhoubaraInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; ;Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt; ;Gynaecology Department, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UKORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9330-2344
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Emmanuel EmovonGynaecology Department, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
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Sudha SundarInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; ;Gynaecology Department, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
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Ayman EwiesInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; ;Gynaecology Department, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 1146-1149 | Published online: 03 Jun 2018

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