Using a logistic model to predict malignancy of adnexal masses based on menopausal status, ultrasound morphology, and color doppler findings

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-150

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Jurado, Matias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032078098     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.4995     Document Type: Article

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