Craniopharyngiomas: Identification of different semiological patterns with MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1829-1836

  Mollá, Enrique ^b,c   Martí Bonmatí, Luís ^a,b   Revert, Antonio ^a,b   Arana, Estanislao ^b   Menor, Francisco ^d   Dosdá, Rosa ^b   Poyatos, Cecilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b Pathology Laboratory Quirón Hospital   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral tumor; Craniopharyngiomas; MR imaging; MR pulse sequences; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; CLASSIFICATION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036632463     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1196-y     Document Type: Article

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