Pediatric liver tumors: Initial presentation, image finding and outcome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Wang, Jiaan Der ^a   Chang, Te Kau ^a   Chen, Hou Chuan ^a   Jan, Sheng Ling ^b   Huang, Fang Liang ^a   Chi, Ching Shiang ^a   Lin, Chieh Chung ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver tumors; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250740867     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02384.x     Document Type: Article

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