Magnetic resonance imaging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 290-303

  Ng, Shu Hang ^a,d   Chong, Vincent F H ^b   Ko, Sheung Fat ^a   Mukherji, Suresh K ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharynx; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BONE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MYOFIBROSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033451635     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199910000-00003     Document Type: Review

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