Soft tissue tumors of the head and neck: Imaging-based review of the who classification

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1923-1954

  Razek, Ahmed Abdel ^a   Huang, Benjamin Y ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 81255161336     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.317115095     Document Type: Review

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