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6 exp bleeding/
7 (bleed* or hemorrhag* or haemorrhag* or blood loss*).tw.
8 or/6-7
9 5 and 8
10 hysteroscopy/
11 hysteroscop*.tw.
12 or/10-11
13 biopsy.mp.
14 curettage/
15 (biop* or curett* or pipelle*).tw.
16 or/13-15
17 exp echography/
18 hysteroscopy/ or hysterosalpingography/ or hysterography/
19 thickness/
20 ((endometr* or vagina* or endovagin* or transvagina* or trans-vagina* or
endo-vagi* or
uter* or intrauter* or intra-uteri*) adj6 (echo* or ultrasound or ultrasono* or sonograph* or
doppler or endoscop* or endoson*)).tw.
21 (hysterosalpingogr* or hysterosonogra*).tw.
22 thick*.tw.
23 or/17-22
24 diagnostic accuracy/ or diagnostic test/ or diagnostic value/ or exp diagnostic
error/ or roc
curve/ or “sensitivity and specificity”/ or validity/ or predictive validity/
25 (diagnos* or test or tests or exclude or value or role or evaluation).ti.
26 (accurac* or (sensitivit* and specificit*) or (predictive adj3 value*1) or (false
adj2 (negative or
positive)) or ROC or pretest or validat*).tw.
27 or/24-26
28 12 or 16 or 23 or 27
29 28 and 9
30 uterus bleeding/di or vaginal bleeding/di
31 30 and 5
32 29 or 31
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