Unique hepatic imaging features in a patient with nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver associating with systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-208

  Leung, Vincent K S ^a   Ng, W L ^a   Luk, I S C ^a   Chau, T N ^a   Chan, W H ^a   Kei, S K ^a   Loke, T K L ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic scan; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nodular regenerative hyperplasia; Portal hypertension; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER REGENERATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947728069     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09612033707076513     Document Type: Article

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