Radiation necrosis versus glioma recurrence: Conventional MR imaging clues to diagnosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1967-1972

  Mullins, Mark E ^a,b   Barest, Glenn D ^c,d   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a,b   Hochberg, Fred H ^a,b   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a,b   Lev, Michael H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION NECROSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 32944475186     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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