The Tabar classification of mammographic parenchymal patterns

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-136

  Gram, Inger T ^a   Funkhouser, Ellen ^b   Tabár, László ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

breast cancer; classification; mammography; method; parenchymal patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; AGE; ANAMNESIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIBROSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIPPLE; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIPPLES; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031060766     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(96)01138-2     Document Type: Article

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