Liver regeneration in children after major hepatectomy for malignancy - Evaluation using a computer-aided technique of volume measurement

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 183-189

  Wheatley, Jennifer M ^a   Rosenfield, Nancy S ^a   Berger, Lynne ^a   Laquaglia, Michael P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030059186     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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