Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 441-447 , November 2010

Preoperative staging of renal cell carcinoma using magnetic resonance imaging: comparison with pathological staging

  • Martina Spero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +385 1 290 32 55; fax: +385 1 290 32 55.
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  • Boris Brkljacic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Branko Kolaric

      Affiliations

    • Service for Public Health, Social Medicine and Gerontology, Public Health Institute of Zagrebacka County, Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Miljenko Marotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia

Received 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 20 September 2009.

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☆ The institution where the work was performed: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska cesta 32, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.

PII: S0899-7071(09)00298-8

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.09.005

Clinical Imaging
Volume 34, Issue 6 , Pages 441-447 , November 2010

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