Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1356-1365 , November 2009

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Characteristics of Primary Central Nervous System Germinoma with Histopathologic Correlation: A Retrospective Study

  • Annette C. Douglas-Akinwande, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 North University Boulevard, University Hospital 0279, Indianapolis, IN 46202
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.C.D.-A.
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  • Jun Ying, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 North University Boulevard, University Hospital 0279, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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  • Zahirabbas Momin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Amr Mourad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 North University Boulevard, University Hospital 0279, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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  • Eyas M. Hattab, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, CPL 4000, Indianapolis, IN

Received 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 29 May 2009.

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 This paper was presented in part at the 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, November 28 to December 3, 2004.

PII: S1076-6332(09)00301-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.05.004

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 11 , Pages 1356-1365 , November 2009

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