Unusual liver MR findings of Wilson's disease in an asymptomatic 2- year-old girl

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-59

  Ko, S F ^a   Lee, T Y ^a   Ng, S H ^a   Lin, J W ^a   Cheng, Y F ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Wilson' disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILSON DISEASE;

BIOPSY; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENICILLAMINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031975831     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900285     Document Type: Article

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