Utility of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the status of cervical lymph nodes in oral cancer

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-263

  Dangore Khasbage, Suwarna ^a   Degwekar, Shirish S ^a   Bhowate, Rahul R ^a   Banode, Pankaj J ^a   Bhake, Arvind ^a   Choudhary, Minal S ^a   Lohe, Vidya K ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER STAGING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 67650165235     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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