Hepatobiliary fascioliasis: Sonographic and CT findings in 87 patients during the initial phase and long-term follow-up

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 824-828

  Kabaalioglu, Adnan ^a   Ceken, Kagan ^a   Alimoglu, Emel ^a   Saba, Rabin ^a   Cubuk, Metin ^a   Arslan, Gokhan ^a   Apaydin, Ali ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CT; Fasciola hepatica; Fascioliasis; Liver disease; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHILD; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34748830980     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2127     Document Type: Article

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