Ovarian Tumors in Children and Adolescents-A Clinical Study of 52 Patients in a University Hospital

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-28

  Al Jama, Fathia E ^a   Al Ghamdi, Ahlam A ^a   Gasim, Turki ^a   Al Dakhiel, Sana A ^a   Rahman, Jessica ^a   Rahman, Mohammad S ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78751701488     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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