Hepatic transit time of an echo enhancer: An indicator of metastatic spread to the liver

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Bernatik, Thomas ^a   Becker, Dirk ^b   Neureiter, Daniel ^a   Hänsler, Johannes ^a   Frieser, Markus ^a   Schaber, Stefan ^a   Wein, Axel ^a   Hahn, Eckhart Georg ^a   Strobel, Deike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Liver metastases; Transit time; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY LIGATION; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 1642286101     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200403000-00011     Document Type: Article

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