Triage of ovarian masses

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-328

  Chia, Yin Nin ^b   Marsden, Donald E ^a,b   Robertson, Greg ^a,b   Hacker, Neville F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gynaecological oncologists; Ovarian tumours; Risk of Malignancy Indices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 44849111224     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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