Diagnostic imaging of primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the chest wall (Askin tumour)

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 697-702

  Sallustio, Giuseppina ^a   Pirronti, Tommaso ^a   Lasorella, Anna ^a   Natale, Luigi ^a   Bray, Antonio ^a   Marano, Pasquale ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; SARCOMA, SMALL CELL; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031668182     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050443     Document Type: Article

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