Review. Radiology of Fournier's gangrene

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Rajan, Dheeraj K ^a   Scharer, Katharine A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOURNIER GANGRENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031611570     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.1.9423625     Document Type: Review

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