Computed radiography of the chest in patients with paraesophageal varices: Diagnostic accuracy and characteristic findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1527-1531

  Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Soo, Kyung ^a   Kim, Soo Ah ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Hwang, Jung Hwa ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031808583     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.6.9609167     Document Type: Article

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