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World J Radiol. Aug 28, 2012; 4(8): 379-386
Published online Aug 28, 2012. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v4.i8.379
Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization: Evaluation with parametric contrast-enhanced ultrasonography
Hippocrates Moschouris, Katerina Malagari, Athanasios Marinis, Ioannis Kornezos, Konstantinos Stamatiou, Georgios Nikas, Marina Georgiou Papadaki, Panagiotis Gkoutzios
Hippocrates Moschouris, Ioannis Kornezos, Georgios Nikas, Marina Georgiou Papadaki, Department of Radiology, Tzaneion General Hospital, 18536 Piraeus, Greece
Katerina Malagari, Second Department of Radiology, University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Chaidari, 12462 Athens, Greece
Athanasios Marinis, First Department of General Surgery, Tzaneion General Hospital, 18536 Piraeus, Greece
Konstantinos Stamatiou, Department of Urology, General Hospital “Tzanio”, 18536 Piraeus, Greece
Panagiotis Gkoutzios, Department of Interventional Radiology, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, SE17EH London, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Moschouris H, Malagari K, Kornezos I performed the chemoembolizations and evaluation with CEUS; Moschouris H, Marinis A and Stamatiou K drafted the manuscript and revised it according to reviewers’ comments; Moschouris H, Kornezos I and Nikas G gathered all clinical and radiological data from the patients, organized and analyzed them; Papadaki MG and Gkoutzios P critically revised the manuscript; and all authors read and approved the final and the revised form of this manuscript.
Correspondence to: Athanasios Marinis, Consultant General Surgeon, First Department of General Surgery, Tzaneion General Hospital, Zanni and Afentouli 1 str, 18536 Piraeus, Greece. drmarinis@gmail.com
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Received: January 30, 2012
Revised: August 20, 2012
Accepted: August 27, 2012
Published online: August 28, 2012
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