Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the evaluation of pediatric brain tumors, part I: Introduction to MRS

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 649-654

  Byrd, Sharon E ^a,b   Tomita, Tadanori ^a   Palka, Peter S ^a   Darling, Crystal F ^a   Norfray, Joseph P ^a   Fan, Jennifer ^a  

^a Children's Memorial Hospital ^*

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Brain tumors; Children; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030267316     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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