Optimum imaging for small suspected hepatocellular carcinoma

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 570-571

  Sherman, Morris ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NOTE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951733967     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.203257     Document Type: Note

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