Sonographic assessment of non-malignant ovarian cysts: Does sonohistology exist?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2138-2143

  de Kroon, C D ^a   van der Sandt, H A G M ^a   van Houwelingen, J C ^a   Jansen, F W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adnexal disease; Differential diagnosis; Logistic regression; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CYST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 4544227399     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh353     Document Type: Article

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