MR imaging differentiation of benign and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: Use of the target sign

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-129

  Bhargava, Ravi ^a,b,d   Parham, David M ^a,b   Lasater, Olga E ^c   Chari, Radha S ^b,d   Chen, Gang ^a   Fletcher, Barry D ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031047771     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050082     Document Type: Article

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