Strong impact of estrogen environment on Doppler variables used for differentiation between benign and malignant breast lesions

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 380-385

  Germer, U ^a   Tetzlaff, A ^a   Geipel, A ^a   Diedrich, K ^a   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Color Doppler ultrasound; Endocrine treatment; Estrogen environment; Oral contraception; Tumor vascularity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036268471     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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