Needle track seeding following percutaneous procedures for hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Cabibbo, Giuseppe ^a   Craxì, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver biopsy; Percutaneous ethanol injection; Radio frequency ablation; Seeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054057737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v1.i1.62     Document Type: Review

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