European Journal of Radiology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 288-293 , February 2010

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is helpful in the differentiation of malignant and benign breast lesions

  • Hongjia Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
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  • Rong Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
    • ,
  • Qiufang Ouyang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
    • ,
  • Lidian Chen

      Affiliations

    • Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 591 22861985; fax: +86 591 22861989.
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  • Baowei Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, PLA 301 General Hospital, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Ye Huihua

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China

Received 29 December 2008 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 26 May 2009.

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PII: S0720-048X(09)00342-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.043

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 288-293 , February 2010

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