Comparison of sonography and CT for differentiating benign from malignant cervical lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1019-1024

  Sumi, M ^a   Ohki, M ^a   Nakamura, T ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0035076134     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.4.1761019     Document Type: Article

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