Publications by authors named "A V Darshan"

Background: The combined use of appropriate imaging modalities and serum biomarkers like serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen-125 (CA-125) helps plan treatment strategies and reduce overall mortality.

Aims And Objectives: To assess ovarian masses on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and correlate them with serum CA-125 values. To derive a new serum CA-125 cut-off value for differentiating benign from malignant ovarian masses.

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Mustura daral, new species, is described from the Siang River (Brahmaputra drainage) in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by: 910 dark-brown saddles on dorsum, each continued down on flank forming regularly set and shaped dark-brown bars; two black blotches at caudal-fin base; caudal fin forked with 9+8 branched rays; lateral line complete; median notch in lower jaw absent; axillary pelvic lobe large; and suborbital flap in male with conspicuous tubercles along posterior rim.

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Mystus prabini, new species, is described from the Sinkin and the Dibang River in the Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The new species differs from all South-Asian congeners except M. bleekeri, M.

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Exostoma kottelati, new species, is described from the Ranga River, Brahmaputra basin, in Arunachal Pradesh state, northeastern India. It differs from congeners in the Brahmaputra River basin in having a longer adipose-fin base (33.4-36.

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