Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 104-114 , May 2008

Primary Hepatocellular Lesions: Imaging Findings on State-of-the-Art Magnetic Resonance Imaging, with Pathologic Correlation

  • Indra C. van den Bos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Indra C. van den Bos, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Shahid M. Hussain, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
    • ,
  • Robert A. de Man, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Pieter E. Zondervan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jan N.M. IJzermans, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Gabriel P. Krestin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.07.003

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 104-114 , May 2008

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