Chemical assay of iron in ovarian cysts: A new diagnostic method to evaluate endometriotic cysts

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-60

  Iizuka, Mari ^a   Igarashi, Masao ^b,d   Abe, Yumiko ^a   Ibuki, Yoshito ^a   Koyasu, Yasuki ^c   Ikuma, Kenichiro ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunma Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Takarazuka Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chocolate cysts; Endometriosis; Iron; Ovarian cysts

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; IRON; MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; OVARY CYST; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TERATOMA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031879317     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000009999     Document Type: Article

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