Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver: Sequelae of chronic inferior vena cava obstructions in the hepatic segment

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 2503-2508

  Fleiner Hoffmann, Andrea F ^a   Pfammatter, Thomas ^a   Leu, Anders J ^a   Ammann, Rudolf W ^a   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032556632     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.22.2503     Document Type: Article

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