MRI and CT findings of neurohypophyseal germinoma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 204-211

  Kanagaki, Mitsunori ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Takahashi, Jun A ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^b   Takahashi, Takahiro ^a   Ueba, Tetsuya ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a   Konishi, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Germ cell neoplasm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurohypophysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

CALCIFICATION; HYPERINTENSITY;

RADIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 1142309750     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00172-4     Document Type: Article

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