Characteristic odour in the blood reveals ovarian carcinoma

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Horvath, György ^a,b   Andersson, Håkan ^c   Paulsson, Gunnar ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Skövde Hospital   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD ODOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; ODOR; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOGS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODORS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELL; SWEDEN;

EID: 78549290706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-643     Document Type: Article

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