Imaging of the seminal vesicle and vas deferens

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1105-1121

  Kim, Bohyun ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Ryu, Jeong Ah ^b   Takahashi, Naoki ^a   Hartman, Robert P ^a   King, Bernard F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEMINAL VESICLE; VAS DEFERENS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMINAL VESICLES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 70349579150     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.294085235     Document Type: Article

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