Imaging of thymus in myasthenia gravis: From thymic hyperplasia to thymic tumor

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Priola, A M ^a   Priola, S M ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMIC LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897432280     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2014.01.005     Document Type: Review

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