Cavernous hemangiomas in patients with chronic liver disease: MR imaging findings

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-18

  Mastropasqua, Maria ^a,b   Kanematsu, Masayuki ^a,c   Leonardou, Polytimi ^a   Braga, Larissa ^a   Woosley, John T ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavernous hemangioma; Cirrhosis; Gadolinium; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 1242292422     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.02.001     Document Type: Article

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