Imaging diagnosis and staging of hepatocellular carcinoma

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Trevisani, Franco ^b   Vilgrain, Valerie ^c   Wald, Christoph ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053276387     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22369     Document Type: Article

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