Color Doppler twinkling artifact in hepatic bile duct hamartomas (von Meyenburg complexes)

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-402

  Jeon, Se Jeong ^a   Yoon, Seong Eon ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOPPLER EFFECT;

BILE DUCT HAMARTOMAS (BDH); LIVER; MALFORMATIONS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADENOMYOMATOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BILE DUCT CYST; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT HAMARTOMA; BILE DUCT STONE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; URETER STENT; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 33644518291     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.3.399     Document Type: Article

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