Small (<1 cm) incidental echogenic renal cortical nodules: Chemical shift MRI outperforms CT for confirmatory diagnosis of angiomyolipoma (AML)

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-299

  Schieda, Nicola ^a   Avruch, Leonard ^a   Flood, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84901602146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-014-0323-7     Document Type: Editorial

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