Pancreatic cancer: Correlation of MR findings, clinical features, and tumor grade

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1556-1563

  Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a   Altun, Ersan ^a   Tsurusaki, Masakatsu ^a   Pamuklar, Ertan ^a   Zapparoli, Mauricio ^a   Voultsinos, Vasileios ^a   Armao, Diane M ^a   Rubinas, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadolinium enhanced MR technique; Histopathology; MRI; Pancreatic cancer; Tumor grade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 37349035314     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21210     Document Type: Article

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