Usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in biliary structures in infants: A four-case report

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Takaya, Junji ^a   Nakano, Sachiko ^a   Imai, Yuichiro ^a   Fujii, Yoshimitsu ^a   Kaneko, Kazunari ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; MRCP

Indexed keywords

DISOFENIN TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE;

EID: 33847691123     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0230-0     Document Type: Article

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