Differentiating normal from abnormal inferior thoracic paravertebral soft tissues on chest radiography in children

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 477-483

  Donnelly, Lane F ^a,b   Frush, Donald P ^a   Zheng, Jing Yuan ^a   Bisset III, Georges ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033853932     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750477     Document Type: Article

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