Retraction of the liver capsule: A useful imaging finding;La rétraction capsulaire hépatique: Un signe utile à reconnaître

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 90, Issue 9 C1, 2009, Pages 1019-1020

  Vilgrain, V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; EDITORIAL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC CAPSULAR RETRACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350734115     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0221-0363(09)73239-1     Document Type: Editorial

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