Alveolar echinococcosis: Spectrum of findings at cross-sectional imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2053-2070

  Kantarci, Mecit ^a   Bayraktutan, Ummugulsum ^a   Karabulut, Nevzat ^b   Aydinli, Bulent ^a   Ogul, Hayri ^a   Yuce, Ihsan ^a   Calik, Muhammet ^a   Eren, Suat ^a   Atamanalp, Sabri Selcuk ^a   Oto, Aytekin ^c  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84869211381     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.327125708     Document Type: Article

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