The cause of nontumorous defects of portal perfusion in the hepatic hilum revealed by CT during arterial portography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-402

  Yamagami, Takuji ^a,b   Arai, Yasuaki ^a   Matsueda, Kiyoshi ^a   Inaba, Yoshitaka ^a   Sueyoshi, Satoru ^a,c   Takeuchi, Yoshito ^a,d  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032932294     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930791     Document Type: Article

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