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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2009; 15(48): 6044-6051
Published online Dec 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.6044
Published online Dec 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.6044
MRI versus 64-row MDCT for diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Michael Bernhard Pitton, Roman Kloeckner, Sascha Herber, Karl Friedrich Kreitner, Christoph Dueber, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Gerd Otto, Department of Transplantation and Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery, University of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Author contributions: Pitton MB and Herber S read the CT and MRI scans; Pitton MB and Kloeckner R wrote the paper; Kreitner KF implemented the MRI protocol and conducted the scans; Otto G performed the liver transplantations; Dueber C was the supervisor, provided the resources and made the project possible.
Correspondence to: Michael Bernhard Pitton, Professor of Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. pitton@radiologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Telephone: +49-6131-172057 Fax: +49-6131-176633
Received: June 30, 2009
Revised: August 31, 2009
Accepted: September 7, 2009
Published online: December 28, 2009
Revised: August 31, 2009
Accepted: September 7, 2009
Published online: December 28, 2009
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