Multislice computed tomography using a triple-phase contrast protocol for preoperative assessment of hepatic tumor load in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-402

  Denecke, Timm ^a   Grieser, Christian ^a   Fröling, Vera ^a   Steffen, Ingo G ^a   Rudolph, Birgit ^a   Stelter, Lars ^a   Lehmkuhl, Lukas ^a   Streitparth, Florian ^a   Langrehr, Jan ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Lopez Hänninen, Enrique ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 61849104460     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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