Sonographic target sign in neurofibromas

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Lin, John ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^a   Hayes, Curtis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

NEUROFIBROMAS; PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMORS (PNST); ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPOMA; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032967324     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.7.513     Document Type: Article

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