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As reported in the guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the liver, the use of CEUS is recommended for the following indications [1].
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Bartolotta, T.V., Taibbi, A., Midiri, M. (2015). Impact of European Guidelines on CEUS. In: Atlas of Contrast-enhanced Sonography of Focal Liver Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17539-3_7
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