Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 888-895 , July 2009

Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Prospective Assessment of the Right Inferior Phrenic Artery with C-arm CT

  • Hyo-Cheol Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea
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  • Jin Wook Chung, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to J.W.C.
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  • Jae Hyung Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea
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  • Sangbu An, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea
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  • Kyu Ri Son, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Nak Jong Seong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea
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  • Hwan Jun Jae, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, and Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea

Received 9 July 2008 ,Revised 26 March 2009 ,Accepted 30 March 2009.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00336-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.03.036

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 888-895 , July 2009

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