Symptoms associated with diagnosis of ovarian cancer: A systematic review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 857-865

  Bankhead, Clare R ^a   Kehoe, Sean T ^b   Austoker, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIC PAIN;

EID: 21244437949     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00572.x     Document Type: Review

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