Aspirating nonneoplastic ovarian cysts: Rationale, technique, and controversy

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 462-467

  Greenebaum, Ellen ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OVARY CYST; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0030057318     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/27.7.462     Document Type: Review

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