Brain stones revisited-between a rock and a hard place

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 625-635

  Celzo, Froilan G ^a   Venstermans, Caroline ^a   De Belder, Frank ^a   van Goethem, Johan ^a   van den Hauwe, Luc ^a   van der Zijden, Thijs ^a   Voormolen, Maurits ^a   Menovsky, Tomas ^a   Maas, Andrew ^a   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain diseases pathology*; Calcinosis; Calculi*; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Differential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884538483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-013-0279-z     Document Type: Review

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