Diagnostic formula for the differentiation of adnexal tumors by transvaginal sonography

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 428-433

  Prompeler H J ^a   Madjar, H ^a   Sauerbrei, W ^a   Lattermann, U ^a   Pfleiderer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031106481     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199703000-00022     Document Type: Article

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