Natural course of hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia: A long-term follow-up study with sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-137

  Kuo, Yuan Hung ^a   Wang, Jing Houng ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Hung, Chao Hung ^a   Wei, Yu Ching ^a   Hu, Tsung Hui ^a   Chen, Chien Hung ^a   Yen, Yi Hao ^a   Lee, Chuan Mo ^a   Eng, Hock Liew ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Focal nodular hyperplasia; Follow up; Natural course; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349140662     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20533     Document Type: Article

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