Therapeutic efficacy and safety of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma abutting the gastrointestinal tract

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1417-1424

  Choi, Dongil ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Kim, Min Ju ^a   Kim, Seung Hoon ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Kim, Seong Hyun ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a   Paik, Seung Won ^a   Koh, Kwang Cheol ^a   Yoo, Byung Cheol ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 16544367561     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831417     Document Type: Article

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