The diagnostic and economic impact of contrast imaging techniques in the diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Sangiovanni, Angelo ^a   Manini, Matteo A ^a   Iavarone, Massimo ^a   Romeo, Raffaella ^a   Forzenigo, Laura V ^a   Fraquelli, Mirella ^a   Massironi, Sara ^a   Corte, Cristina Della ^a   Ronchi, Guido ^a   Rumi, Maria Grazia ^a   Biondetti, Piero ^a   Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951707718     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.187286     Document Type: Article

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