Fulminant hepatic failure in children: Etiology, histopathology and MDCT findings

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-334

  Cakir, Banu ^a   Kirbas, Ismail ^a   Demirhan, Beyhan ^a   Tarhan, Nefise Cagla ^a   Bozkurt, Alper ^a   Ozcay, Figen ^a   Coskun, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY;

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

LIVER;

LEFLUNOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSHROOM POISONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71849106228     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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