Hepatobiliary scintigraphy for the assessment of biliary strictures after pediatric liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 977-983

  Concannon, Rebecca C ^a   Howman Giles, Robert ^a,b   Shun, Albert ^a   Stormon, Michael O ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biliary strictures; Hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Liver transplant; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

DISOFENIN TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXCRETION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DISOFENIN;

EID: 73349095034     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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