The efficiency of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of dermoid cysts

Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 136-141

  Ekici, E ^a   Soysal, M ^b   Kara, S ^a   Dogan, M ^a   Gokmen, O ^a  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dermoid cysts; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; TERATOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMOID CYST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA;

EID: 0029988608     PISSN: 00444197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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