Color Doppler sonography avoids misinterpretation of the 'parallel channel sign' in the sonographic diagnosis of cholestasis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 426-432

  Von Herbay, Alexandra ^a   Kühnel, Janine ^a   Frieling, Thomas ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Cirrhosis; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Hepatic artery; Liver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHOLESTASIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0345411440     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199910)27:8<426::AID-JCU3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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