Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 781-788 , October 2010

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: MR correlation with surgical and histological findings

  • E. Chryssou

      Affiliations

    • Current address: Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete Stravakia, Voutes, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.
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  • J.A. Guthrie

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J.A. Guthrie, Clinical Radiology, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 113 2064697; fax: +44 (0) 113 2065092.
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  • J. Ward
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  • P.J. Robinson

Received 24 November 2009 ,Revised 15 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.04.018

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 781-788 , October 2010

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