Sonographic characterization, Doppler ultrasonography and serum tumor markers in definition of malignancy of pelvic masses;Ecostruttura, eco Doppler e markers tumorali nella diagnosi di malignità delle masse ovariche

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Gramellini, D ^a,b   Rutolo, S ^a   Verrotti, C ^a   Piantelli, G ^a   Fieni, S ^a   Vadora, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

125Ca antigen; Ovarian neoplasms diagnosis; Tumor markers, biological; Ultrasonography methods; Ultrasonography, Doppler, color

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0035259593     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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