Imaging of lymph nodes in the neck

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-53

  Van Den Brekel, Michiel W M ^a   Castelijns, Jonas A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033950110     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-198X(00)80031-0     Document Type: Article

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