Biliary atresia in infants with prolonged cholestatic jaundice: Diagnostic accuracy of hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-247

  Esmaili, Javad ^a   Izadyar, Sina ^a   Karegar, Iraj ^a   Gholamrezanezhad, Ali ^b,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

99mTc BrIDA; Cholestatic jaundice; Hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Infant; Liver biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMINO ACIDS; INFANT; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LIVER; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250005672     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9049-4     Document Type: Article

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