Treatment of nodular hepatocellular carcinoma larger than 3 cm with ultrasound-guided percutaneous acetic acid injection

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1379-1385

  Ohnishi, Kunihiko ^a   Yoshioka, Hisashi ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a   Fujiwara, Kenji ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DIATRIZOATE; EPIRUBICIN; GELFOAM; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0029859975     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008938165     Document Type: Article

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