Acute hepatitis A: Correlation of CT findings with clinical phase

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 102-103, 2010, Pages 1208-1214

  Yoo, Seung Min ^a   Lee, Hwa Yeon ^b   Song, In Sup ^b   Lee, Jong Buem ^b   Kim, Gi Hyeon ^b   Byun, Jun Soo ^b  

^a CHA Medical University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; CT; Gallbladder; Liver; Lymph node

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79251545801     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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