CT imaging in adults with neurofibromatosis-1: Frequent asymptomatic plexiform lesions

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1755-1760

  Tonsgard, James H ^a,b,e   Kwak, Sandy M ^d   Short, M Priscilla ^a,b,c   Dachman, Abraham H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031778870     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.6.1755     Document Type: Article

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