Liver haemangiomas undetermined at grey-scale ultrasound: contrast-enhancement patterns with SonoVue and pulse-inversion US.

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Published in Eur Radiol on December 21, 2004

Authors

Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta1, Massimo Midiri, Emilio Quaia, Michele Bertolotto, Massimo Galia, Filippo Cademartiri, Roberto Lagalla

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, University of Palermo, Via Del Vespro 127, 90127 Palermo, Italy. tv_bartolotta@yahoo.com

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