Accuracy of ultrasonography with color doppler in ovarian tumor a systematic quantitative review

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1214-1220

  Medeiros, Lidia Rosi ^a   Rosa, Daniela Dornelles ^a,b   Da Rosa, Maria Inês ^a,c   Bozzetti, Mary Clarisse ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Color doppler; Diagnosis; Metaanalysis; Ovarian tumor; Systematic review; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449098649     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a386e5     Document Type: Review

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