Electropotential evaluation as a new technique for diagnosing breast lesions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-38

  Faupel, Mark ^a   Vanel, Daniel ^b   Barth, Volker ^c   Davies, Richard ^d   Fentiman, Ian S ^e   Holland, Roland ^f   Lamarque, Jean Louis ^g   Sacchini, Virgilio ^h   Schreer, Ingrid ⁱ  

^a Biofield Corp   (United States)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c Hospital Esslingen   (Germany)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f National Expert and Training Centre   (Netherlands)

^g Inst Montpellier D'Imagerie M   (France)

^h EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ Strahleninstitut Prof Dr Med W   (Germany)

Author keywords

breast cancer, diagnosis; electrical potentials; non invasive breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031057255     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(96)01113-8     Document Type: Article

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