Gastrointestinal Schwannomas: CT features with clinicopathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 797-802

  Levy, Angela D ^a,b   Quiles, Ana M ^c   Miettinen, Markku ^a   Sobin, Leslie H ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UDIAT Diagnostic Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SCHWANNOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16244378567     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.3.01840797     Document Type: Article

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