Natural history of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: An ultrasound study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 345-350

  Di Stasi, Michele ^a,e   Caturelli, Eugenio ^b   De Sio, Ilario ^c   Salmi, Andrea ^d   Buscarini, Elisabetta ^a   Buscarini, Luigi ^a  

^a Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^e Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal nodular hyperplasia; Hepatic lesions; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PSEUDOTUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029837722     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199609)24:7<345::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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