Differential diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma and adenomatous hyperplasia with power Doppler sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-161

  Koito, Kazumitsu ^a   Namieno, Tsutomu ^b   Morita, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0031888208     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.1.9423624     Document Type: Article

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