Hepatocellular carcinomas < 2 cm in diameter complicating cirrhosis: Ultrasound and clinical features in 153 consecutive patients

Liver International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-130

  Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Caturelli, Eugenio ^b   Covino, Marcello ^a   Lippi, Maria Enrichetta ^a   Beccaria, Samuela ^a   Cedrone, Augusto ^a   Riccardi, Laura ^a   Siena, Domenico Angelo ^c   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alphafetoprotein; Microscopic features; Small hepatocellular carcinoma; Ultrasound pattern

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 2342621547     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2004.0903.x     Document Type: Article

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