New MRI grading system for the diagnosis and management of mycetoma

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 738-742

  EL Shamy, M E ^a   Fahal, A H ^b   Shakir, M Y ^b   Homeida, M M A ^a  

^a Radiology Department   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Grading system; Management; MRI; Mycetoma

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCETOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOPSY; BONE DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOT DISEASES; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUDAN; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869878883     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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