Is color Doppler ultrasound useful in diagnosing ovarian cancer?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 902-915

  Shy, Kirk ^a,b   Dubinsky, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033397059     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199912000-00018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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