The diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging and cerebrospinal fluid cytology in leptomeningeal metastasis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 810-814

  Straathof, Chiara S M ^a   De Bruin, Hein G ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Vecht, Charles J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid cytology; Leptomeningeal metastasis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032871973     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050459     Document Type: Article

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