MR-mammography: high sensitivity but low specificity? New thoughts and fresh data on an old mantra.

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Published in Eur J Radiol on September 01, 2012

Authors

Matthias Dietzel1, Pascal A T Baltzer, Katharina Schön, Werner A Kaiser

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroradiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, Germany. dietzelmatthias2@hotmail.com

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