A case of liver cystis wlud Em18-WB was useful for differential diagnosis

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 955-960

  Aoki, Takanori ^a   Kino, Shuichi ^a   Yamazaki, Hirotaka ^b   Obara, Mitsuhiro ^b   Kasai, Shinichi ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Asahikawa Medical College Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EM18 ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HYDATID CYST;

AGED; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 33749171259     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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