Differentiation of pyogenic brain abscesses from necrotic glioblastomas with use of susceptibility-weighted imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1534-1538

  Toh, Cheng Hong ^a,b   Wei, K C ^a   Chang, C N ^a   Hsu, P W ^a   Wong, H F ^a   Ng, S H ^a   Castillo, M ^c   Lin, C P ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 84866395791     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2986     Document Type: Article

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