The growth pattern of ovarian dermoid cysts: A prospective study in premenopausal and postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 501-505

  Caspi, Benjamin ^a,b   Zalel, Yaron ^a,b   Appelman, Zvi ^a,b   Tulandi, Togas ^a,d   Rabinerson, David ^a,c   Shoham, Zeev ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dermoid cyst; Follow up; Malignancy; Ovary; Postmenopausal; Premenopausal; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; OVARY TERATOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0343581274     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00228-8     Document Type: Article

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