Biliary Atresia: Color Doppler US findings in neonates and infants

Radiology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 282-289

  Mu, Sook Lee ^a   Kim, Myung Joon ^a   Lee, Mi Jung ^a   Choon, Sik Yoon ^a   Seok, Joo Han ^a   Oh, Jung Tak ^a   Young, Nyun Park ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BILIARY ATRESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 67650046932     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2522080923     Document Type: Article

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