D-galactose-based signal-enhanced color doppler sonography of breast tumors and tumorlike lesions

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Schroeder, Ralf Jürgen ^a   Maeurer, Juergen ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a   Hidajat, Nico ^a   Hadijuana, José ^a   Venz, Stephan ^a   Weber, Sepp ^b   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast tumors; Color duplex sonography; d galactose; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; SHU 508;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032985650     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199902000-00003     Document Type: Article

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