Usefulness of low-dose CT in the detection of pulmonary metastasis of gestational trophoblastic tumours

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 998-1003

  Xu, X J ^a   Lou, F L ^a   Zhang, M M ^a   Pan, Z M ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a First Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548319478     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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