Extremely elevated serum CA125 due to endometriosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-270

  Kashyap, Ravi James ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 0032973232     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1999.tb03392.x     Document Type: Article

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