The role of breast MRI in clinical practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Brennan, Meagan ^a   Spillane, Andrew ^b   Houssami, Nehmat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 68849116112     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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