Stellate-type scirrhous dysplastic nodules in liver cirrhosis: Identical to focal nodular hyperplasia-like nodules? [1]

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 944-945

  Libbrecht, Louis ^a   Roskams, Tania ^b  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLE; BILE DUCT; CHOLESTASIS; DYSPLASIA; LETTER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 4143055735     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03494.x     Document Type: Letter

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