Sonographic evaluation of the anterior liver surface in chronic liver diseases using a 7.5-MHz annular-array transducer: Correlation with laparoscopic and histopathologic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 393-400

  Nagata, Naruhiko ^a   Miyachi, Hayato ^a   Nakano, Atsushi ^a   Nanri, Kazuhide ^b   Kobayashi, Hisao ^b   Matsuzaki, Shohei ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annular array transducer; Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Instrumentation; Laparoscopy; Liver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; TRANSDUCER;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141731314     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10195     Document Type: Article

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