Diagnosis of liver nodules observed in chronic liver disease patients during ultrasound screening for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 397-405

  Caturelli, Eugenio ^a   Bartolucci, Francesca ^b   Biasini, Elisabetta ^c   Vigliotti, Maria Luigia ^a   Andriulli, Angelo ^a   Siena, Domenico Angelo ^a   Attino, Vito ^a   Bisceglia, Michele ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036174847     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)04039-4     Document Type: Article

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