Preoperative serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ovarian masses

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Tanir, H M ^a,b   Ozalp, S ^a   Yalcin, O T ^a   Colak, O ^a   Akcay, A ^a   Senses, T ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ovarian mass; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLICLE CYST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CA-125 ANTIGEN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0038352178     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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