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The accuracy of endometrial sampling for the diagnosis of patterns of endometrial pathology in women presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding

More conservative therapeutic approaches

Areej M. Al Nemer, Methal I. Al Bayat and Nourah H. Al Qahtani
Saudi Medical Journal August 2019, 40 (8) 815-819; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.8.24449
Areej M. Al Nemer
From the Pathology Department (Al Nemer, Al bayat) and from Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Methal I. Al Bayat
From the Pathology Department (Al Nemer, Al bayat) and from Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nourah H. Al Qahtani
From the Pathology Department (Al Nemer, Al bayat) and from Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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