Imaging of oncologic emergencies: What every radiologist should know

Radiographics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1533-

  Katabathina, Venkata S ^a   Restrepo, Carlos S ^a   Betancourt Cuellar, Sonia L ^b   Riascos, Roy F ^c   Menias, Christine O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic LL Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885344860     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.336135508     Document Type: Article

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