Cavernous hemangioma of the liver: Factors affecting disease progression in general hepatology practice

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-358

  Etemadi, Arash ^a,b   Golozar, Asieh ^a,b   Ghassabian, Akhgar ^a,c   Zarei, Mahsa ^a   Hashemi Taheri, Amir Pejman ^a   Dawsey, Sanford M ^b   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

benign tumors; hemangioma; liver; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IRAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79954419003     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283451e7d     Document Type: Article

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