Accuracy of intra-operative frozen section analysis of ovarian tumours

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1173-1178

  Gorisek B ^a   Rebolj Stare, Marija ^a   Krajnc, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Frozen sections; Histological findings; Ovary, Tumours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADENOCARCINOMA; METASTASIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350511401     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700423     Document Type: Article

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