A case of primary leiomyoma of the liver in a patient without evidence of immunosuppression

Hepatology Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-88

  Kanazawa, Nobuhiko ^a   Izumi, Namiki ^a   Tsuchiya, Kaoru ^a   Sakurai, Kaoru ^a   Hamano, Kosei ^a   Itakura, Jun ^a   Asahina, Yasuhiro ^a   Noguchi, Osamu ^a   Uchihara, Masakatsu ^a   Miyake, Shozo ^a   Miyakawa, Naoto ^a   Kawachi, Yasuhiro ^a   Shiotsu, Hidetoshi ^a   Taki, Kazuhiro ^a   Himeno, Yoshiro ^a   Enomoto, Nobuyuki ^b   Watanabe, Mamoru ^b   Sakai, Takahiro ^a  

^a MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Immunodeficiency; Leiomyoma; Liver tumor

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0036740454     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(02)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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