Magnetic resonance imaging of the central skull base

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 325-346

  Fischbein, Nancy J ^a,c   Kaplan, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central skull base; Head and neck imaging; Sphenoid bone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SKULL DISEASE; SKULL INJURY; SKULL MALFORMATION; SKULL TUMOR; SPHENOID;

EID: 0033428247     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199910000-00005     Document Type: Review

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