Characteristics of Rathke's cleft cyst in MR imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Tominaga, Jun Ya ^a   Higano, Shuichi ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; MRI; Rathke's cleft cyst

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744449174     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2.1     Document Type: Article

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