The outcomes for patients with incidental lesions: Serendipitous or latrogenic?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1193-1196

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b   McIntosh, Jean H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; KIDNEY TUMOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031769861     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.5.9798845     Document Type: Review

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