Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube: A rare diagnosis in an adolescent without sexual experience

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-237

  Ho, Pei Ling ^a   Liang, So Jung ^a   Su, Hung Wen ^a   Chang, Chuan Yaw ^a   Hsu, Chun Sen ^a   Ling, Tak Hay ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; ENEMA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTPATIENT; OVARY CYST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY;

EID: 47349114721     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(08)60092-3     Document Type: Letter

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