GI-RADS reporting system for ultrasound evaluation of adnexal masses in clinical practice: A prospective multicenter study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-455

  Amor, F ^a   Alcazar J L ^b   Vaccaro, H ^a   Leon M ^c   Iturra, A ^d  

^a Centro Ecografico Ultrasonic Panoramico   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Medicina   (Chile)

^d Hospital Exequiel González Cortés   (Chile)

Author keywords

adnexal masses; ovarian cancer; reporting; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; VAGINA;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053199305     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9012     Document Type: Article

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