Hepatobiliary scintigraphy and γ-GT levels in the differential diagnosis of extrahepatic biliary atresia

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Stipsanelli, K ^a   Koutsikos, J ^a   Papantoniou, V ^a   Arka, A ^a   Palestidis, C ^a   Tsiouris, S ^a   Manolaki, A ^b   Zerva, C ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Agia Sofia Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

GT; 99mTc mebrofenin iminodiacetate scintigraphy; Biliary atresia; Infantile jaundice; Neonatal cholestasis

Indexed keywords

DIGLYCINE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MEBROFENIN DIGLYCINE TC 99M; PHENOBARBITAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; RANK SUM TEST;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; IMINO ACIDS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIVER; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249667085     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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