Ultrasound imaging of hepatic amebic abscess

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 189-200

  Stoopen, Miguel E ^a,d   Kimura Fujikami, Kenji ^a,b   Quiroz Y Ferrari, Francisco A ^c   Barois Boullard, Véronique ^a  

^a CT Scanner Diagnostic Imaging Center   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebic abscess; Focal hepatic lesions; Liver; Pyogenic abscess; Ultrasound in amebiasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040292133     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013644-199912000-00003     Document Type: Article

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