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Diagnostic and Staging Work-Up

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Focal Liver Lesions

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  1. Institute of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Thomas K. Helmberger MD

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  1. Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Oncology, Transplants, and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Riccardo Lencioni MD , Dania Cioni MD  & Carlo Bartolozzi MD ,  & 

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Helmberger, T.K. (2005). Diagnostic and Staging Work-Up. In: Lencioni, R., Cioni, D., Bartolozzi, C. (eds) Focal Liver Lesions. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26354-3_20

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