Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 11 , Pages 1104-1114 , November 2009

Lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing cholangitis: assessment of clinical, CT, and pathological findings

  • S. Itoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Technical Radiology, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: S. Itoh, Department of Technical Radiology, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, 1-1-20 Daikou-minami, Higashi-ku, Nagoya 461-8673, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 744 2327; fax: +81 52 744 2335.
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  • T. Nagasaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • K. Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • H. Satake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Ota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • S. Naganawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Received 1 May 2009 ,Revised 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 July 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00253-0

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.07.006

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 11 , Pages 1104-1114 , November 2009

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