Clinical Feasibility of Noncontrast- Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Lymphography of the Thoracic Duct

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Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2136-2142

  Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^a,e   Kuboyama, Shinichi ^b   Abe, Hirohiko ^b   Aoki, Takatoshi ^c   Miyazaki, Mitsue ^d   Nakata, Hajime ^c  

^a Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Pref Asakura Hosp H   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Department of Radiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Lymphography; MRI; Thoracic duct

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE LYMPHOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC DUCT;

EID: 0346993502     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2136     Document Type: Article

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