Combined transvaginal B-mode and color Doppler sonography for differential diagnosis of ovarian tumors: Results of a multivariate logistic regression analysis

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-86

  Schelling, Marcus ^a   Braun, Michael ^a   Kuhn, Walther ^a   Bogner, Gerhard ^b   Gruber, Robert ^b   Gnirs, Joachim ^a   Schneider, Karl Theo ^a   Ulm, Kurt ^c   Rutke, Stefan ^a   Staudach, Alf ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Frauenkl Landeskrankenanstalten S   (Austria)

^c Institute of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Multiple logistic regression; Ovarian tumors; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 18144443173     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5719     Document Type: Article

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