Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Retrospective analysis of the computer-tomographic aspects

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-151

  Lupescu, Ioana G ^a,b   Grasu, Mugur ^a   Boros, Mirela ^a   Gheorghe, Cristian ^a   Ionescu, Mihnea ^a   Popescu, Irinel ^a   Herlea, Vlad ^a   Georgescu, Serban A ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Computer tomography (CT); Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST); Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TUMOR VOLUME; VISCERA;

EID: 34347356651     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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