US, CT, and MR imaging of hepatic masses in Alström syndrome: a case report

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-395

  Morgan, John ^a   Sadler, Michael A ^a   Siegel, Stacey ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alstrom; Genetic; Hepatic; Rare; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES;

ALSTROM; GENETIC; GENETIC DISORDERS; HEPATIC; INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL LITERATURES; MR IMAGING; NEPHROPATHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RARE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SYNDROME;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ADENOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 50049086354     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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