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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2010; 16(33): 4187-4192
Published online Sep 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i33.4187
Published online Sep 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i33.4187
Diagnostic sensitivity of imaging modalities for hepatocellular carcinoma smaller than 2 cm
Keiji Mita, Soo Ryang Kim, Susumu Imoto, Taisuke Nakajima, Kenji Ando, Katsumi Fukuda, Department of Gastroenterology, Kobe Asahi Hospital, Kobe 653-0801, Japan
Masatoshi Kudo, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osakasayama 589-8511, Japan
Toshiyuki Matsuoka, Department of Radiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
Yoko Maekawa, Department of Surgery, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi 673-8558, Japan
Yoshitake Hayashi, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
Author contributions: Mita K, Nakajima T and Ando K designed and performed the majority of imaging examinations; Maekawa Y and Fukuda K were involved in editing the manuscript; Imoto S provided the patient data; Kudo M and Matsuoka T carried out and reviewed the imaging studies; Kim SR and Hayashi Y made the pathological diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma; Kim SR wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Soo Ryang Kim, Department of Gastroenterology, Kobe Asahi Hospital, 3-5-25 Bououji-cho, Nagata-ku, Kobe 653-0801, Japan. asahi-hp@arion.ocn.ne.jp
Telephone: +81-78-6125151 Fax: +81-78-6125152
Received: March 12, 2010
Revised: May 4, 2010
Accepted: May 11, 2010
Published online: September 7, 2010
Revised: May 4, 2010
Accepted: May 11, 2010
Published online: September 7, 2010
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