Incidental findings of mass lesions on neuroimages in children

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Perret, Corinne ^a   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a   Scheer, Ianina ^a   Kellenberger, Christian J ^a   Grotzer, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Brain tumor; Children; Incidental finding; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857188506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.FOCUS11121     Document Type: Article

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