MRI in necrotizing fasciitis of the extremities

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1033, 2014, Pages

  Ali, Syed Zama ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a   Peh, W C G ^a  

^a KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

CELLULITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FASCIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTIVE MYOSITIS; LIMB DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYOMYOSITIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIMB; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; METHODOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTREMITIES; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84892392381     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130560     Document Type: Review

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