High levels of CA125 (over 1,000 IU/ml) in patients with gynecologic disease and no malignant conditions: Three cases and literature review

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 559-561

  Ghaemmaghami, Fatemeh ^a   Karimi Zarchi, Mojgan ^a   Hamedi, Bahareh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CA125; Endometriosis; Myoma; Ovarian cancer; Pelvic mass

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; OVARY CANCER; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548696883     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0381-x     Document Type: Article

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