Serum inhibin and disease status in women with ovarian granulosa cell tumors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-69

  Boggess, John F ^a   Soules, Michael R ^b   Goff, Barbara A ^a   Greer, Benjamin E ^a   Cain, Joanna M ^a   Tamimi, Hisham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; ESTRADIOL; ETOPOSIDE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; MELPHALAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031030632     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.4520     Document Type: Article

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