Diagnosis and management of adnexal masses

American Family Physician

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Givens, Vanessa ^a   Mitchell, Gregg ^a   Harraway Smith, Carolyn ^a   Reddy, Avinash ^a   Maness, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADNEXAL MASS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 70350445510     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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