Sonographic prediction of malignancy in adnexal masses using multivariate logistic regression analysis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Tailor, A ^a,c   Jurkovic, D ^a   Bourne, T H ^b   Collins, W P ^a   Campbell, S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Logistic regression analysis; Ovarian cancer; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VAGINA;

EID: 0030882279     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10010041.x     Document Type: Article

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