High concentrations of activin A in the peritoneal fluid of women with epithelial ovarian cancer

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 203-206

  Cobellis, Luigi ^b   Reis, Fernando M ^b   Luisi, Stefano ^b   Danero, Secondo ^b   Pirtoli, Luigi ^b   Scambia, Giovanni ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activin; ovarian cancer; ovarian cyst; peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL FLUID; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVINS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 2342423835     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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