Imaging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 809-816

  Goh, Julian ^a   Lim, Keith ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Staging

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NERVE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 70349658868     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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