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Intrathoracic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: imaging features and implications for management Cover

Intrathoracic malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: imaging features and implications for management

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 47 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)
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|Jul 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0047 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 230 - 238
Published on: Jul 30, 2013
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors,
chest,
neurofibromatosis,
imaging,
malignant triton tumor
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2013 Sophia Constance Kamran, Atul Bhanudas Shinagare, Stephanie Anne Holler Howard, Mizuki Nishino, Jason Laurence Hornick, Katherine Margaret Krajewski, Nikhil Himmatsinh Ramaiya, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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