Limitations of imaging diagnosis for small hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparison with histological findings

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 559-565

  Horigome, Hideo ^a   Nomura, Tomoyuki ^a   Saso, Katsuhisa ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^a   Joh, Takashi ^a   Ohara, Hirotaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenomatous hyperplasia; Digital subtraction angiography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032976374     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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