Characterization of small nodules in cirrhosis by assessment of vascularity: The problem of hypovascular hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Bolondi, Luigi ^a   Gaiani, Stefano ^a   Celli, Natascia ^a   Golfieri, Rita ^b   Grigioni, Walter Francesco ^a   Leoni, Simona ^a   Venturi, Anna Maria ^a   Piscaglia, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 21344450714     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20728     Document Type: Article

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