Pitfalls of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the diagnosis of splenic sarcoidosis

Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 75-80

  Tana, C ^a   Iannetti, G ^a   D'Alessandro, P ^a   Tana, M ^a   Mezzetti, A ^a   Schiavone, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEUS; Guidelines; Sarcoidosis; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; COLON CANCER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EYE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MARICULTURE; MIGRAINE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENIC SARCOIDOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84878172646     PISSN: 19713495     EISSN: 18767931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40477-013-0013-1     Document Type: Article

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