Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of histologically proven liver hemangiomas

Hepatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1139-1145

  Dietrich, Christoph F ^a   Mertens, Joachim C ^a   Braden, Barbara ^b   Schuessler, Gudrun ^a   Ott, Michaela ^a   Ignee, Andre ^a  

^a CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 34248662984     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21615     Document Type: Article

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