Variants of hepatic arterial supply in a Caribbean population: A computed tomography based study

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 823-827

  Johnson, P B ^a   Cawich, S O ^b   Roberts, P ^b   Shah, S ^a   Gardner, M T ^a   Gordon Strachan, G ^a   Pearce, N W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84882448694     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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