Distinguishing the benign and malignant adnexal mass: An external validation of prognostic models

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 162-167

  Mol, Ben W J ^a   Boll, Dorry ^a   De Kanter, Maartje ^b   Heintz, A PeterM ^a   Sijmons, Edith A ^a   Oei, S Guid ^b   Bal, Hans ^b   Brölmann, Hans A M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035131736     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2000.6052     Document Type: Article

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