Magnetization transfer contrast imaging of liver cirrhosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2872-2877

  Chen, Jeon Hor ^a   Chai, Jye Wen ^b   Shen, Wu Chung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Fatty metamorphosis; Hepatoma; Liver cirrhosis; Magnetization transfer contrast (MTC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032741740     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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