Metastatic adenopathy from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Successful response to radiation therapy assessed by color duplex sonography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Ahuja, Anil T ^a,b   Ho, Stella S Y ^a   Leung, Sing F ^a   Kew, Jacqui ^a   Metreweli, Con ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033513092     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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