Ovarian masses: Is multi-detector computed tomography a reliable imaging modality

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2627-2630

  Khattak, Yasir Jamil ^a   Hafeez, Saima ^a   Alam, Tariq ^a   Beg, Madiha ^a   Awais, Mohammad ^a   Masroor, Imrana ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Confidence intervals; Malignant; Pakistan; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880283972     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.4.2627     Document Type: Article

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