How relevant are ACOG and SGO guidelines for referral of adnexal mass?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 841-848

  Dearking, Amy C ^b   Aletti, Giovanni D ^b   McGree, Michaela E ^b   Weaver, Amy L ^b   Sommerfield, Marla Kay ^b   Cliby, William A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848854201     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000267198.25223.bc     Document Type: Article

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