Case Report: Microbubble Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Characteristics of Multiple Biliary Hamartomas (von Meyenberg Complexes)

Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-97

  Berry, Jonathan D ^a   Boxer, Mark E ^a   Rashid, Hisham I ^b   Sidhu, Paul S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84997994466     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174227104225019490     Document Type: Review

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