MRI appearance of mesenchymal tumors of the uterus

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 241-249

  Cornfeld, Daniel ^a   Israel, Gary ^a   Martel, Maritza ^a   Weinreb, Jeffery ^a   Schwartz, Peter ^a   McCarthy, Shirley ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic tumors; MRI; Pelvic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL CONTROL; GYNECOLOGIC TUMORS; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; IMAGING FEATURES; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MESENCHYMAL TUMORS; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; PATIENT POPULATION; PELVIC IMAGING; SIGNAL CHARACTERISTIC; SMOOTH MUSCLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMAL TUMORS; UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; MUSCLE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS LEIOMYOSARCOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA, ENDOMETRIAL STROMAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77950030209     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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