Germ cell tumors of the ovary: A clinicopathologic study of 121 cases from Nepal

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-308

  Sah, Shatrughan Prasad ^a,b   Uprety, Dhruba ^a   Rani, Sudha ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b c/o Dr M Mahto ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Immature; Mature; Nepal; Ovary; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEPAL; OVARY; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TERATOMA; TORSION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEPAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERATOMA;

EID: 4243082177     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2004.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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