Triangular cord sign in detection of biliary atresia: Is it a valuable sign?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-175

  Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi ^a,b   Dehghani, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b   Bagheri, Mohammad Hadi ^b   Emad, Vahid ^a   Haghighat, Mahmood ^a,b   Zahmatkeshan, Mozhgan ^b   Forutan, Hamid Reza ^b   Rasekhi, Ali Reza ^b   Gheisari, Farshid ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Biliary atresia; Triangular cord sign

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGN TEST; TRIANGULAR CORD SIGN; ECHOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049112204     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0718-3     Document Type: Article

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