Triple-Phase Dynamic MRI of Intratumoral Vessel Density and Hyalinization Grade in Uterine Leiomyomas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1043-1050

  Shimada, Ken ^a,b   Ohashi, Isamu ^b   Kasahara, Ichiro ^c,d   Miyasaka, Naoyuki ^b   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^b  

^a Section of Orthopedic Surgery   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 1642367866     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.4.1821043     Document Type: Article

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