Chronic hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni: Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography findings

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Bezerra, A S A ^b   D'Ippolito, G ^a   Caldana, R P ^b   Cecin, A O ^b   Ahmed, M ^b   Szejnfeld, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver; MR angiography; MR imaging; Parasites; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

CHRONIC HEPATOSPLENIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; HEPATIC FISSURE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPLEEN DISEASE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 33947114849     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850601105833     Document Type: Article

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