Intracranial calcifications on CT

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Kiroǧlu, Yilmaz ^a   Çalli, Cem ^a   Karabulut, Nevzat ^a   Óncel, Çag̀atay ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calcification; Computed tomograph; Pathologic; Physiologic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; METABOLIC DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650125646     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2626-09.1     Document Type: Article

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