Assessment of ovarian tumors using transvaginal color Doppler ultrasonography

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 594-596

  Daskalakis, G ^a,b   Kalmantis, K ^a   Skartados, N ^a   Thomakos, N ^a   Hatziioannou, L ^a   Antsaklis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Ovarian tumors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; DYSGERMINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 4644312324     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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