MRI features in children with desmoplastic medulloblastoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-285

  Liu, Han Qiu ^a   Yin, Xuan ^a   Li, Yuxin ^a   Zhang, Jiawen ^a   Wang, Yin ^a   Tchoyoson Lim, C C ^b   Feng, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brain; Desmoplastic medulloblastoma; MRI diffusion weighted imaging; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESMOPLASTIC MEDULLOBLASTOMA; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA;

EID: 84856209678     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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