Diffusion-weighted MRI: Distinction of skull base chordoma from chondrosarcoma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1056-1061

  Yeom, Kristen W ^a   Lober, R M ^a   Mobley, B C ^b   Harsh, G ^a   Vogel, H ^a   Allagio, R ^c   Pearson, M ^b   Edwards, M S B ^a   Fischbein, N J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878504699     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3333     Document Type: Article

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