Meigs' syndrome and virilizing ovarian fibrothecoma complicating pregnancy. A case report and review of the literature

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-194

  Nowak, Marek ^a   Podciechowski, Lech ^a,b   Krawczyk, Tomasz ^a   Wilczynski, Jan ^a,b  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hirsutism; Meigs syndrome; Ovarian tumor; Pregnancy; Virilization

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSPNEA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPERANDROGENISM; LABORATORY TEST; MEIGS SYNDROME; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THECOMA; VIRILIZATION; VOMITING;

EID: 70349306442     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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