Usefulness of ultrasonography for the evaluation of cervical lymphadenopathy

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khanna, Rahul ^a   Sharma, Avinash D ^a   Khanna, Seema ^a   Kumar, Mohan ^a   Shukla, Ram C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSDUCER; TUBERCULOSIS; EVALUATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952058318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-29     Document Type: Article

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