The diagnosis of spinal tumors: Established and emerging methods

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-108

  Ibrahim, George M ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Genetics; Immunohistochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pathology; Spinal tumors

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ASTROCYTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETICS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAGANGLIOMA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR;

EID: 84858032385     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2012.645802     Document Type: Review

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