Sonographic appearances of cervical lymph nodes: Variations by age and sex

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Ying, Michael ^a   Ahuja, Anil ^b   Brook, Fiona ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age; Cervical lymph nodes; Sex; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 0036135683     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10022     Document Type: Article

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