Extraaxial neurofibromas versus neurilemmomas: Discrimination with MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 629-633

  Jee, Won Hee ^a   Oh, Soon Nam ^a   McCauley, Thomas ^b   Ryu, Kyung Nam ^c   Suh, Jin Suck ^d   Lee, Jeong Hoon ^e   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Chun, Kyung Ah ^a   Sung, Mi Sook ^a   Kim, Kijun ^a   Lee, Yeon Soo ^a   Kang, Yong Koo ^f   Ok, In Young ^f   Kim, Jung Man ^f  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^f The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CYST; EXTRAAXIAL NEUROFIBROMA; FEMALE; FISCHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T2 WEIGHTED IMAGE;

EID: 4344611799     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830629     Document Type: Article

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