The reverse target sign in liver disease: A potential ultrasound feature in cirrhotic liver nodules characterization

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 928, 2005, Pages 355-357

  Kraus, G J ^a   Schedlbauer, P ^a   Lax, S ^b   Zebedin, D ^c   Flueckiger, F ^a  

^a Department of IT and Telecommunications   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 17144430965     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/36150185     Document Type: Article

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