Comparison of clinical presentation of Benign and Malignant Ovarian Tumours

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-21

  Wasim, Tayyiba ^a   Majrroh, Ashraf ^b   Siddiq, Saqib ^a  

^a SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMA; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE CYST; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149502524     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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