Quantitative evaluation of vascularity within cervical lymph nodes using Doppler ultrasound in patients with oral cancer: Relation to lymph node size

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Kagawa, T ^a   Yuasa, K ^a   Fukunari, F ^a   Shiraishi, T ^a   Miwa, K ^a  

^a FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Lymph nodes; Metastasis; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053492066     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/18694011     Document Type: Article

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