Ultrasound in gastroenterology - Liver and spleen;Aktueller stand der sonographie in der gastroenterologie - Leber und milz

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 991-1000

  Nuernberg, D ^a   Ignee, A ^b   Dietrich, Christoph F ^b  

^a Neuruppiner Kliniken

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Fatty liver; Hepatitis; Liver tumours; Spleen tumours; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; REVIEW;

GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPLENIC DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749491300     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926971     Document Type: Review

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