Hepatic enhancement and metastatic lesion conspicuity on CT scans: Influence of intravenous glucagon and oral CT contrast material

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 394-398

  Warshauer, David M ^a   Wehmueller, Michael D ^a   Molina, Paul L ^a   Muller, Keith E ^b   Deluca, Maria C ^b   Lee, Joseph K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media, experimental studies; Drugs, effects; Glucagon; Liver neoplasms, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031023760     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.2.9015064     Document Type: Article

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