Ursodeoxycholic acid-augmented hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the evaluation of neonatal jaundice

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1488-1492

  Poddar, Ujjal ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Thapa, Babu R ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant R ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Mebrofenin; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

MEBROFENIN TC 99M; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLAGOGUE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMINO ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEBROFENIN;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; LIVER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMINO ACIDS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIVER; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 6944246016     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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