Scintigraphic progress of the liver in a patient with Alagille syndrome (arteriohepatic dysplasia)

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 693-697

  Jinguji, Megumi ^a   Tsuchimochi, Shinsaku ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^a   Hamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Kamiyama, Takuro ^a   Umanodan, Tomokazu ^a   Tani, Atsushi ^a   Nakabeppu, Yoshiaki ^a   Kaji, Tatsuru ^a   Takamatsu, Hideo ^a   Haga, Hironori ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alagille syndrome; Bile stasis; Large regenerative nodule

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYL SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; LIVER RECEPTOR BINDING AGENT; N METHYLTRYPTOPHAN; PYRIDOXINE; PYRIDOXYLIDENE 5 METHYLTRYPTOPHAN TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10744220671     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984977     Document Type: Article

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