Early hepatocellular carcinoma: Three-phase helical CT features of 16 patients

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-332

  Lee, Jongmee ^a,b   Won, Jae Lee ^a   Hyo, Keun Lim ^a   Jae, Hoon Lim ^a   Choi, Nami ^a,c   Park, Mi Hyun ^a   Sang, Won Kim ^a   Cheol, Keun Park ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 48849089832     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.4.325     Document Type: Article

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