Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation: Radiological findings with anatomopathological correlation in Brazil

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Maciel, Antônio Carlos ^a   Cerski, Carlos Thadeu ^a   Moreira, Roger Klein ^a   Resende, Vinicius Labrea ^b,e   Zanotelli, Maria Lúcia ^c   Matiotti, Simone Berwig ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c Division of Renal Transplantation   (Brazil)

^d Ernesto Dorneles Hospital   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Ernesto Dorneles ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33646687052     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032006000100008     Document Type: Article

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