Clinicopathological spectrum of ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors; 20 years’ retrospective study in a developing country
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Clinicopathological spectrum of ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors; 20 years’ retrospective study in a developing country
BACKGROUND Ovarian sex cord stromal tumors are rare neoplasms as compared to epithelial tumors. No large study has been done in Pakistan to find out the frequencies of various sex cord stromal tumors and their clinicopathological behavior in our region. The purpose of our study was to determine the various histological patterns and clinical features of ovarian sex cord stromal tumors along with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ovarian Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-2215
DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-6-87