Thorotrast revisited: Contrastinduced hepatic neoplasm

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 842-843

  Sitarik, Kathleen ^a   Freed, Kelly S ^a   Sheafor, Douglas H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THORIUM DIOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED CANCER; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY;

CARCINOGENS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0032996953     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.3.10063902     Document Type: Article

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