How accurate is ultrasound in evaluating palpable breast masses?

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gonzaga, Mubuuke Aloysius ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650837217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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