Cytologic examination of ovarian cyst fluid for the distinction between benign and malignant tumors

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 444-446

  Moran, Orit ^a   Menczer, Joseph ^a   Ben Baruch, Gilad ^a   Lipitz, Shlomo ^a   Goor, Ellen ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OVARIAN CYSTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0027305975     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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