Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 184-189 , February 2009

Isolated perihepatic tuberculosis: imaging findings

  • H.J. Kim
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  • J.H. Byun

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.H. Byun, Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1, Pungnap2-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel.: +82-2-3010-4400; fax: +82-2-476-4719.
    • ,
  • D.Y. Kim
    • ,
  • H.J. Won
    • ,
  • Y.M. Shin
    • ,
  • H.K. Ha

Received 20 May 2008 ,Revised 10 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 August 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00361-9

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.08.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 184-189 , February 2009

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