Power Doppler in the assessment of pelvic masses in a low risk group

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-224

  Rieck, G C ^a,b   Pugh, N D ^b   Fiander, A N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PELVIS TUMOR; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33646494709     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500537823     Document Type: Article

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