Can biliary atresia be diagnosed by ultrasonography alone?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2093-2096

  Takamizawa, Shigeru ^a   Zaima, Azusa ^a   Muraji, Toshihiro ^a   Kanegawa, Kimio ^b   Akasaka, Yoshinobu ^a   Satoh, Shiiki ^a   Nishijima, Eiji ^a  

^a KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Jichi Children's Medical Center Tochigi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Fibrotic mass; Neonatal hepatitis; Persistent neonatal jaundice; Triangular cord sign; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BILIARY ATRESIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 36849055027     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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