Hepatic Angiomyolipoma: Dual-Contrast MRI Findings Using Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (SPIO) and Gadolinium Agents
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Kim, Min-Uk
(Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital)
Kim, Se-Hyung (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) Kim, Hyo-Cheol (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) Lee, Jae-Young (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) Kim, Min-A (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital) Han, Joon-Koo (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) Choi, Byung-Ihn (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) |
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