Focal liver lesions in cirrhosis: Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography compared with Doppler ultrasound and α-fetoprotein levels;Riscontro di lesioni focali epatiche in cirrosi: Valore dell'ecografia con mezzo di contrasto rispetto al Doppler ed al dosaggio dell'α-fetoproteina

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 978-991

  D'Onofrio, M ^a   Faccioli, N ^a   Zamboni, G ^a   Malago R ^a   Caffarri, S ^a   Fattovich, G ^a   Mucelli, R Pozzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alphafetoprotein; Contrast enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS); Doppler US; Focal liver lesions; Hepatic cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Ultrasonography (US)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 55949120108     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0316-z     Document Type: Article

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