Double-contrast ultrasound: A novel surveillance tool for hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 368-370

  Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Hatanaka, Kinuyo ^a   Kumada, Takashi ^b   Toyoda, Hidenori ^b   Tada, Toshifumi ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OXIDES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79751476557     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.432     Document Type: Letter

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