Size of lesion is not a criterion for resection during management of giant liver haemangioma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1240-1244

  Terkivatan, T ^a   Vrijland, W W ^a   Den Hoed, P T ^a   De Man, R A ^a   Hussain, S M ^a   Tilanus, H W ^a   IJzermans, J N M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036902568     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02219.x     Document Type: Article

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