Use of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in differential diagnosis between intracerebral necrotic tumors and cerebral abscesses

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1252-1257

  Desprechins, Brigitte ^a   Stadnik, Tadeusz ^a   Koerts, Guus ^a   Shabana, Wael ^a   Breucq, Catherine ^a   Osteaux, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 0032813480     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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