Imaging features of leptomeningeal metastases

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 765-771

  Collie, D A ^a   Brush, J P ^a   Lammie, G A ^a   Grant, R ^a   Kunkler, I ^a   Leonard, R ^a   Gregor, A ^a   Sellar, R J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leptomeningeal metastases; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MENINX; METASTASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NERVE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032702863     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(99)91181-9     Document Type: Article

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