Association of thymidine phosphorylase concentration with ultrasound- derived indices of blood flow in ovarian masses

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1079-1084

  Hata, Kohkichi ^a   Hata, Toshiyuki ^a   Collins, William P ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign ovarian tumor; Color Doppler imaging; Corpus luteum; Immunoassay; Ovarian carcinoma; Peak systolic velocity; Platelet derived endothelial cell growth factor; Pulsed Doppler spectral analysis; Resistance index; Thymidine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYSTOLE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030821030     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970915)80:6<1079::AID-CNCR10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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