American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 744-752 , June 2007

Percutaneous Transcatheter Hepatic Artery Embolization for Liver Cysts in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

  • Ryoji Takei, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Yoshifumi Ubara, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Yoshifumi Ubara, MD, Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 1-3-1, Kajigaya, Takatu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 213-0015, Japan.
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  • Junichi Hoshino, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Yasushi Higa, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Tatsuya Suwabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Yoko Sogawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Kazufumi Nomura, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Shohei Nakanishi, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Naoki Sawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Hideyuki Katori, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Fumi Takemoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Shigeko Hara, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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  • Kenmei Takaichi, MD

      Affiliations

    • ephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Kanagawa, Japan.

Received 22 October 2006 ,Accepted 2 March 2007.

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 Support: None. Potential conflicts of interest: None.Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.03.018 on May 8, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)00650-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.03.018

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 744-752 , June 2007

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