PRE- and postoperative MR imaging of craniopharyngiomas

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 806-812

  Hald, J K ^a   Eldevik, O P ^b   Quint, D J ^b   Chandler, W F ^b   Kollevold, T ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngiomas; MR imaging; Postoperative studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; OPTIC CHIASM; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030237575     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859609177721     Document Type: Article

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