Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 603-606 , August 2010

Diagnostic accuracy of diffusion-weighted MR imaging for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, head and neck lymphoma and squamous cell carcinoma at the primary site

  • Devin Fong
    • ,
  • Kunwar S.S. Bhatia

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. Tel.: +852 2632 2290; fax: +852 2636 0012.
    • ,
  • David Yeung
    • ,
  • Ann D. King

Received 20 April 2010 ,Revised 18 May 2010 ,Accepted 19 May 2010.

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☆ This work has not been previously presented at any meetings or published.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.05.004

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 603-606 , August 2010

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