Hepatic vein morphology: A new sonographic diagnostic parameter in the investigation of cirrhosis?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1219-1227

  Vessal, Sheida ^a,d   Naidoo, Shunkara ^b   Hodson, James ^c   Stella, Damien L ^a   Gibson, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic vein; Liver; Sonography

Indexed keywords

LIVER; MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CIRRHOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; HEPATIC VEINS; INTRA-OBSERVER ERRORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS; SONOGRAPHIC MARKERS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN WALL;

EID: 70349279944     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.9.1219     Document Type: Article

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