Perineural spread in head and neck malignancies

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Ojiri, Hiroya ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDONEURIUM; FACIAL NERVE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLA SINUS CARCINOMA; MAXILLARY NERVE; METASTASIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PERINEURIUM; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32844460249     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02489982     Document Type: Review

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