Restricted diffusion within ring enhancement is not pathognomonic for brain abscess

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1738-1742

  Hartmann, M ^a   Jansen, O ^a   Heiland, S ^a   Sommer, C ^a   Munkel K ^a   Sartor, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0034777416     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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