CT evaluation of the progression of hypoattenuating nodular lesions in virus-related chronic liver disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 454-463

  Takayasu, Kenichi ^a   Muramatsu, Yukio ^b   Mizuguchi, Yasunori ^a   Okusaka, Takuji ^a   Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a,c   Sakamoto, Michiie ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic CT; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Liver disease; Oncologic imaging

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH CLASIFICATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746621639     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0705     Document Type: Article

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