Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1121-1130 , October 2008

Large (≥2cm) non-hypervascular nodules depicted on MRI in the cirrhotic liver: fate and implications

  • J.S. Yu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.-S. Yu, Department of Radiology, YongDong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 612 Eonjuro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 135-720, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2019 3516; fax: +82 2 3462 5472.
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  • J.J. Chung
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  • J.H. Kim
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  • K.W. Kim

Received 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 26 March 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00160-8

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.03.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1121-1130 , October 2008

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