Esophageal varices: Diagnosis with gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging of the liver for patients with chronic liver damage

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 461-466

  Matsuo, Masayuki ^a   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a   Kim, Tonsok ^b   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Takamura, Manabu ^b   Murakami, Takamichi ^b   Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Moriyama, Noriyuki ^c   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b   Hoshi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037305581     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800461     Document Type: Article

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