Hepatosplenic fungal disease: Diagnostic accuracy and spectrum of appearances on MR imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1311-1316

  Semelka, Richard C ^a   Kelekis, Nikolaos L ^a   Sallah, Sabah ^a,b   Worawattanakul, Suvipapun ^a   Ascher, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030869409     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.5.9353448     Document Type: Article

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