Pulmonary artery sarcomas: A review of clinical and radiologic features

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 750-755

  Cox, Joseph E ^a   Chiles, Caroline ^a   Aquino, Suzanne L ^a   Savage, Paul ^a   Oaks, Timothy ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, pulmonary; Computed tomography, comparative studies; Magnetic resonance imaging, comparative studies; Sarcomas, arterial

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; TUMORS;

ARTERY, PULMONARY; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, COMPARATIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLUS; REVIEW DATUM; SARCOMA, ARTERIAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031474932     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199709000-00018     Document Type: Article

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