Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 10 , Pages 1015-1025 , October 2009

Imaging of paediatric liver tumours with pathological correlation

  • C.J. Das

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C.J. Das, Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel.: +91 9868619810.
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  • S. Dhingra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • A.K. Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • V. Iyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • S. Agarwala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

Received 2 January 2009 ,Revised 26 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.04.014

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 10 , Pages 1015-1025 , October 2009

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