Management of liver hemangiomas according to size and symptoms

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1953-1958

  Erdogan, Deha ^a   Busch, Olivier R C ^a   Van Delden, Otto M ^b   Bennink, Roelof J ^b   Ten Kate, Fiebo J W ^b   Gouma, Dirk J ^a   Van Gulik, Thomas M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasononography; Computed tomography; Liver hemangioma; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34948846678     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04794.x     Document Type: Article

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