The ability of ultrasound to detect gynaecological neoplasms and their ultrasound morphological features

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-266

  Tan, P L ^a   Willatt, J M ^a   Lindsell, D ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gynaecology; Neoplasms; Ovarian; Ultrasound; Uterine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORPHOLOGY; OVARY CYST; OVARY TERATOMA; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOID CYST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 34248326004     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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