Color Doppler Ultrasonography for Prediction of Malignant Ovarian Tumors

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 709-715

  Benjapibal, Mongkol ^a   Boriboonhirunsarn, Dittakarn ^a   Chakorngowit, Manoch ^a   Sunsaneevitayakul, Prasert ^a   Sutanthavibul, Anuwat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Color Doppler Ultrasonography; Ovarian Tumor; Pulsatility Index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036617822     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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