Imaging of the hepatobiliary tract

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 1889-1894

  Saini, Sanjay ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030965104     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199706263362607     Document Type: Article

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