Clinical assessment of MR of the brain in nonsurgical inpatients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1245-1258

  Hirsch, J A ^a   Langlotz, C P ^a   Lee, J ^a   Tanio, C P ^a   Grossman, R I ^a   Schulman, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, magnetic resonance; Efficacy studies; Magnetic resonance, in treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 0029795286     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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