MR imaging of cerebral extraventricular neurocytoma: A report of 9 cases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-546

  Liu, K ^a   Wen, G ^a   Lv, X F ^b   Deng, Yan Jia ^c   Deng, Yong Jian ^a   Hou, G Q ^d   Zhang, X L ^a,d,e   Han, L J ^b   Ding, J L ^f  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shenzhen Nanshan People s Hospital and the 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School   (China)

^e Dongguan People's Hospital   (China)

^f Futian Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; EXTRAVENTRICULAR NEUROCYTOMA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; TUMOR BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYTOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876515673     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3264     Document Type: Article

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