Primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging versus that of endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy

Radiology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 531-537

  King, Ann D ^a   Vlantis, Alexander C ^a   Bhatia, Kunwar S S ^a   Zee, Benny C Y ^a   Woo, John K S ^a   Tse, Gary M K ^a   Chan, Anthony T C ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952328642     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10101241     Document Type: Article

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