Role of MDCT in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 792-798

  Ronzoni, Annalisa ^a,b   Artioli, Diana ^b   Scardina, Rosa ^c   Battistig, Luca ^d   Minola, Ernesto ^c   Sironi, Sandro ^a,c   Vanzulli, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b AO Niguarda Ca' Granda   (Italy)

^c A O Vimercate ^*  (Italy)

^d Policlinico di Monza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Explanted liver; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MDCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34748925763     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2040     Document Type: Article

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