Per-rectal portal scintigraphy is complementary to ultrasonography and endoscopy in the assessment of portal hypertension in children with chronic cholestasis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1705-1711

  Vajro, Pietro ^a,b   Celentano, Luigi ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Vallone, Gianfranco ^a   Lenta, Selvaggia ^a   Mandato, Claudia ^a   Di Cosmo, Nicolina ^a   Capuano, Grazia ^a   Staiano, Annamaria ^a   D'Arienzo, Agesilao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Esophageal varices; Per rectal portal scintigraphy; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 16544377096     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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