The location of parotid gland tumors in relation to the facial nerve on magnetic resonance images and computed tomography scans

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 992-994

  De Ru, J Alexander ^a   Van Benthem, Peter Paul G ^b   Hordijk, Gert Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Centre Apeldoorn   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036723864     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joms.2002.34402     Document Type: Article

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