A new scoring system to differentiate benign from malignant adnexal masses

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 685-692

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Mercé, Luis T ^b   Laparte, Carmen ^a   Jurado, Matías ^a   López García, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adnexal mass; Ovarian cancer; Scoring system; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DE PRIEST SCORING SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRAZZI SCORING SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SASSONE SCORING SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037342889     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.176     Document Type: Article

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