Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis by dynamic contrast imaging: The importance of tumor cell differentiation

Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1723-1730

  Iavarone, Massimo ^a   Sangiovanni, Angelo ^a   Forzenigo, Laura Virginia ^b   Massironi, Sara ^b   Fraquelli, Mirella ^b   Aghemo, Alessio ^a   Ronchi, Guido ^a   Biondetti, Piero ^b   Roncalli, Massimo ^c   Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a Center for Liver Diseases   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78049494040     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23903     Document Type: Article

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