Comparison of different diagnostic methods for differentiating biliary atresia from idiopathic neonatal hepatitis

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Yang, Ji Gang ^a   Ma, Da Qing ^a   Peng, Yun ^b   Song, Lei ^b   Li, Chun Lin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Idiopathic neonatal hepatitis; Liver biopsy; Magnetic resonance cholangiography

Indexed keywords

BILIARY ATRESIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; HEPATOBILIARY; IDIOPATHIC NEONATAL HEPATITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; MEAN AGES; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION;

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

LIVER;

ETIFENIN TC 99M;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350145807     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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