Whither the simple ovarian cyst in postmenopausal women?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 112-116

  Parsons, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY TUMOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0036410438     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00783.x     Document Type: Note

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