Management and follow-up of 78 giant haemangiomas of the liver

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 915-918

  Pietrabissa, A ^a   Giulianotti, P ^a   Campatelli, A ^a   Di Candio, G ^a   Farina, F ^a   Signori, S ^a   Mosca, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029956092     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830710     Document Type: Article

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