Anterior mediastinal masses in the Framingham Heart Study: Prevalence and CT image characteristics

European Journal of Radiology Open

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-31

  Araki, Tetsuro ^a,b   Nishino, Mizuki ^a   Gao, Wei ^c   Dupuis, Josée ^c,d   Washko, George R ^a   Hunninghake, Gary M ^a   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   O'Connor, George T ^d,e   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinal masses; CT; Prevalence; The Framingham Heart Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84923879023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23520477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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