The pre-operative assessment of the adnexal mass: The accuracy of clinical estimates versus clinical prediction rules

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 519-523

  Boll, Dorry ^a   Geomini, Peggy M A J ^b   Brölmann, Hans A M ^b   Sijmons, Edith A ^a   Heintz, Peter M ^a   Mol, Ben W J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVATION; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037722846     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02361.x     Document Type: Article

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