The value of contrast enhanced ultrasound in the evaluation of the nature of portal vein thrombosis

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-107

  Dǎnilǎ, Mirela ^a   Sporea, Ioan ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Şirli, Roxana ^a   Şendroiu, Mǎdǎlina ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Benign; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Malign; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SONOVUE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ECHOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PORTAL VEIN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80052750596     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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