Biliary atresia: US diagnosis

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 845-851

  Humphrey, Terry M ^a   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER SIZE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548071761     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2443061051     Document Type: Article

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