Definition of the target sign and its use for the diagnosis of schwannomas

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 464, Issue , 2007, Pages 224-229

  Koga, Hideyuki ^a,b   Matsumoto, Seiichi ^a   Manabe, Jun ^a   Tanizawa, Taisuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Noriyoshi ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; BACK; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; CHILD; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 35848938518     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e3181583422     Document Type: Article

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