Gonadotropin (LH, FSH) levels in serum and cyst fluid in epithelial tumors of the ovary

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Chudecka Głaz, Anita ^a   Rzepka Górska, Izabella ^a   Kosmowska, Barbara ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epithelial ovarian cancer; Gonadotropins; Ovarian cyst fluid analysis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYST; CYST FLUID; CYSTADENOMA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENOPAUSE; OVARY TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLLOID CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY CYST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CYST FLUID; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 15444370817     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0519-4     Document Type: Article

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