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Clinical value of combining transvaginal contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with serum human epididymisprotein-4 and the resistance index for early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer

Wu Meng, Wang Ying, Zheng Qichao, Li Ping and Tang Jie
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 592-597; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.19790
Wu Meng
From the School of Medicine (Meng), Nankai University, Tianjin, the School of Foreign Languages (Ying), Wuhan Textile University, the Department of Ultrasonography (Qichao, Ping), Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and Department of Ultrasonic Medicine (Jie), Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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From the School of Medicine (Meng), Nankai University, Tianjin, the School of Foreign Languages (Ying), Wuhan Textile University, the Department of Ultrasonography (Qichao, Ping), Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and Department of Ultrasonic Medicine (Jie), Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Zheng Qichao
From the School of Medicine (Meng), Nankai University, Tianjin, the School of Foreign Languages (Ying), Wuhan Textile University, the Department of Ultrasonography (Qichao, Ping), Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and Department of Ultrasonic Medicine (Jie), Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Li Ping
From the School of Medicine (Meng), Nankai University, Tianjin, the School of Foreign Languages (Ying), Wuhan Textile University, the Department of Ultrasonography (Qichao, Ping), Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and Department of Ultrasonic Medicine (Jie), Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Tang Jie
From the School of Medicine (Meng), Nankai University, Tianjin, the School of Foreign Languages (Ying), Wuhan Textile University, the Department of Ultrasonography (Qichao, Ping), Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and Department of Ultrasonic Medicine (Jie), Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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