Differential diagnosis of intracranial cystic lesions at head US: Correlation with CT and MR imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 173-196

  Epelman, Monica ^b   Daneman, Alan ^a   Blaser, Susan I ^a   Ortiz Neira, Clara ^c   Konen, Osnat ^d   Jarrín, José ^a   Navarro, Oscar M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32544449664     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.261055033     Document Type: Article

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