Fetal mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver: Report of a case

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 639-641

  Kamata, Shinkichi ^a   Nose, Keisuke ^b   Sawai, Toshio ^b   Hasegawa, Toshimichi ^b   Kuroda, Seika ^b   Sasaki, Takashi ^b   Okada, Akira ^b   Tawara, Masahiro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal ultrasound scan; Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER TUMOR; MESENCHYME CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037390359     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50142     Document Type: Article

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