Clinical utility of CA125 levels in predicting laparoscopically confirmed salpingitis in patients with clinically diagnosed pelvic inflammatory disease

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 182-185

  Moore, E ^a   Soper, D E ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexitis; Laboratory diagnosis; Tumor makers

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALPINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031766410     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:4<182::AID-IDOG8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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