Actinomycosis in the mandible: CT and MR findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 390-394

  Sasaki, Yusuke ^a   Kaneda, T ^a   Uyeda, J W ^b   Okada, H ^a   Sekiya, K ^a   Suemitsu, M ^a   Sakai, O ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS, CERVICOFACIAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894212878     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3673     Document Type: Article

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