Validity of colour and pulsed Doppler US and tumour marker CA 125 in differentiation between benign and malignant ovarian massess

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Antonic J ^a,b   Rakar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Ginekoloska Klinika   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

NPV negative predictive value; PI pulsatility index; PPV positive predictive value; RI resistance index; SC serum concentrations; SE sensitivity; SP specificity

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 0030066296     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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