Assessment of vascularity in reactive lymph nodes by means of D- galactose contrast-enhanced Doppler sonography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 146-152

  Willam, Carsten ^a,b   Mäurer, Jürgen ^a,b   Schroeder, Ralf ^a,b   Hidajat, Nico ^a,b   Hell, Berthold ^a,b   Bier, Jürgen ^a,b   Weber, Sepp ^a,b   Felix, Roland ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

D galactose signal enhancement; Doppler sonography; Lymph nodes, reactive; Sonomorphology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0344701090     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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