Benign and malignant ovarian masses: Selection of the most discriminating gray-scale and doppler sonographic features

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-110

  Brown, Douglas L ^a   Doubilet, Peter M ^a   Miller, Frank H ^a,b   Frates, Mary C ^a   Laing, Faye C ^a   DiSalvo, Donald N ^a   Benson, Carol B ^a   Lerner, Mark H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 0031925845     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.1.9646799     Document Type: Article

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