Esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients: evaluation with liver CT.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on January 01, 2007

Authors

Young Jun Kim1, Steven S Raman, Nam C Yu, Katherine J To'o, Rome Jutabha, David S K Lu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA.

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