Toward a uniform policy for handling incidental findings in neuroimaging research

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1425-1427

  Brown, D A ^a   Hasso, Anton N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649086673     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1227     Document Type: Article

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