Etiologic diagnosis of hepatic lesions in cancer patients. Value of ultrasound and liver function tests

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 366-371

  Bruneton, Jean Noel ^a   Raffaelli, Charles ^b   Padovani, Bernard ^b   Maestro, Catherine ^a   Chevallier, Patrick ^b   Mourou, Michel Yves ^c  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Antoine Lacassagne ^*

Author keywords

Cancer; Liver function tests; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CYST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

CALCINOSIS; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030710467     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(97)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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