Is there a common cause of adenoma, focal nodular hyperplasia, and hemangioma of the liver?

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-358

  Kondo, Fukuo ^a,b  

^a Social Insurance Funabashi Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0037880862     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.02955.x     Document Type: Editorial

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