Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: MRI findings

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 537-541

  Balci, N Cem ^a   Tunaci, Atadan ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^b   Tunaci, Mehtap ^a   Özden, Ilgin ^a   Rozanes, Izzet ^a   Acunas, Bülent ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection 6.20; Liver 7.761; Magnetic resonance 1.1214

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033934520     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(00)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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