SIUMB guidelines and recommendations for the correct use of ultrasound in the management of patients with focal liver disease

Gianpaolo Vidili1, Ilario de Sio2, Mirko D’Onofrio3, Paoletta Mirk4, Michele Bertolotto5, Cosima Schiavone6
1Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43b, 07100, Sassari, Italy. [email protected].
2Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Università Degli Studi Della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
3Department of Radiology, G.B. Rossi Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
4Department of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart-Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
5Department of Radiology University of Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara Trieste Italy
6Unit of Ultrasound in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.

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