Assessment of hepatic functional reserve in cirrhotic patients by computed tomography of the caudate lobe

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2554-2563

  Watanabe, Seishiro ^a,b,c   Kimura, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Nishioka, Mikio ^a,b   Ohkawa, Motoomi ^a,b   Kozeki, Masao ^a,b   Yano, Makoto ^a,b   Hashimoto, Naoaki ^a,b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caudate lobe; Computed tomography; Hepatic function; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER SIZE; LIVER STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033390361     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026663811723     Document Type: Article

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