Carbon Dioxide-Enhanced Sonographically Guided Percutaneous Ethanol Injection: Treatment of Patients with Viable and Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1647-1652

  Chen, Ran Chou ^a,b   Liao, Li Ying ^a   Wang, Chaur Shine ^a   Chen, Wei Tsung ^a   Wang, Chung Kwe ^a   Li, Yu Hsien ^a   Tu, Hsing Yang ^a   Chen, Pao Huei ^a  

^a JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0345707614     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.6.1811647     Document Type: Article

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