Whole-body MRI in neurofibromatosis: Incidental findings and prevalence of scoliosis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 917-923

  Jaremko, Jacob L ^a   MacMahon, Peter J ^a   Torriani, Martin ^a   Merker, Vanessa L ^b   Mautner, Victor F ^c   Plotkin, Scott R ^b   Bredella, Miriam A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incidental findings; Neurofibromatosis; Whole body MRI (WBMRI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; BONE CYST; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BURSITIS; ENCHONDROMA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; HEMANGIOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; JOINT EFFUSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LIVER CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCOLIOSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; TERATOMA; UTERUS MYOMA; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863981635     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1333-x     Document Type: Article

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