Probability of hepatocellular carcinoma of small hepatocellular nodules undetectable by computed tomography during arterial portography

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 890-898

  Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Sasaki, Yutaka ^a,c   Katayama, Kazuhiro ^b   Hiramatsu, Naoki ^a   Ito, Akihiko ^c   Murata, Hiroaki ^a   Enomoto, Norihiro ^a   Oshita, Masahide ^a   Mochizuki, Kiyoshi ^a   Tsujii, Masahiko ^a   Tsuji, Shingo ^a   Kasahara, Akinori ^c   Tomoda, Kaname ^d   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Hayashi, Norio ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Kinki Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 17544362537     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.5979     Document Type: Article

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