MRI Findings in the Liver in Biliary Atresia Patients after the Kasai Operation

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-202

  Takahashi, Atsushi ^b   Hatakeyama, Shin Itsu ^a   Suzuki, Norio ^b   Kuroiwa, Minoru ^b   Ikeda, Hitoshi ^b   Murakami, Jun ^b   Sakurai, Minako ^a   Matsuyama, Shiro ^b   Tsuchida, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a Department of Surgery and Radiology ^*  (Japan)

^b Gumna Children S Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cirrhosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLINESTERASE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINESTERASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC;

EID: 0030632998     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.181.193     Document Type: Article

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