Ovarian status in healthy postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1109-1114

  Healy, David L ^a   Bell, Robin ^b   Robertson, David M ^c   Jobling, Tom ^a   Oehler, Martin K ^a   Edwards, Andrew ^d   Shekleton, Paul ^d   Oldham, Jacqueline ^d   Piessens, Sofie ^d   Teoh, Mark ^d   Mamers, Pamela ^a   Taylor, Nancy ^a   Walker, Frances ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inhibin.; Menopause; Ovary; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; INHIBIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYST; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CA-125 ANTIGEN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 63349100880     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31816ddb6f     Document Type: Article

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