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Gastrointestinal Cancer

Usefulness of contrast-enhanced transabdominal ultrasound for tumor classification and tumor staging in the pancreatic head

Hanne Sønder Grossjohann Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eli David Rappeport Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Claus Jensen Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lars Bo Svendsen Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jens Georg Hillingsø Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Carsten Palnæs Hansen Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Michael Bachmann Nielsen Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Pages 917-924 | Received 24 Nov 2009, Accepted 14 Feb 2010, Published online: 04 May 2010

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