Comparison of doppler with two-dimensiona sonography and CA 125 for prediction of malignancy of pelvic masses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 983-988

  Schneider, Viola L ^a   Schneider, Achim ^a   Reed, Kathryn L ^a   Hatch, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0027175831     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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