Anterior mediastinal mass in childhood non-hodgkin lymphoma: Dilemma of post-therapy imaging

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Bayar, Emel ^a   Mathew, Prasad ^a,b,c   Jasty, Rama ^a   Matloub, Yousif ^a   Robinson, Margaret G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinal mass; Computerized tomography; Gallium scanning; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033967591     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200002)34:2<157::AID-MPO19>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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