CEUS and HCC: Are the 2008 EFSUMB Guidelines Still Valid or Has Their Wash-Out Already Started?

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-316

  Giorgio, A ^a   Calisti, G ^b   Giorgio, V ^c  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale D Cotugno   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ALGORITHM; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LETTER; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958063432     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273350     Document Type: Letter

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