Transient hepatic attenuation differences (THAD) not connected to focal lesions;Le alterazioni transitorie della densità epatica non associate a lesioni focali

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 25-43

  Colagrande, Stefano ^a   Carmignani, Luca ^a   Pagliari, Andrea ^a   Capaccioli, Leonardo ^a   Villari, Natale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver; Portal hypoperfusion; Spiral computed tomography; THAD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0036633079     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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