The role of ultrasonography in the evaluation of diffuse liver disease

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1163-1175

  Heller, Matthew T ^a   Tublin, Mitchell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse; Hepatic disease; Liver disease; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON METASTASIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LIVER DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; REVIEW; LIVER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 84909583483     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2014.07.013     Document Type: Review

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