Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 80-91 , January 2008

Intracranial ganglioglioma: clinicopathological and MRI findings in 16 patients

  • D. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China
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  • T.D. Henning

      Affiliations

    • UCSF, Department of Radiology, Contrast Media Laboratory, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA
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  • L.-G. Zou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China
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  • L.-B. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Second Hospital of ChongQing, ChongQing 400000, PR China
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  • L. Wen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: L. Wen, Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China. Tel.: +86 023 68774676.
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  • X.-Y. Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, HuaShan Hospital, Medical Center of FuDan University, ShangHai 200040, PR China
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  • S.-H. Dai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China
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  • W.-X. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China
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  • Q.-R. Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, XinQiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China
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  • Z.-G. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, XinQiao Hosptial, Third Military Medical University, ChongQing 400037, PR China

Received 13 February 2007 ,Revised 16 May 2007 ,Accepted 2 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.06.010

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 80-91 , January 2008

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