Differences in symptoms between patients with benign and malignant ovarian neoplasms

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1435-1437

  Attanucci, Cara A ^a   Ball, Harrison G ^a   Zweizig, Susan L ^a   Chen, Annette H ^a,b  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Ovarian cancer symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PALPATION; PELVIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY FREQUENCY;

EID: 2542494819     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.01.077     Document Type: Article

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