High-dose gadolinium-enhanced MRI for diagnosis of meningeal metastases

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Kallmes, D F ^a   Gray, L ^b   Glass, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptomeninges metastases; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0031725456     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050532     Document Type: Article

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