Pseudo Gallbladder sign in biliary atresia - An imaging pitfall

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 620-626

  Aziz, Seerat ^a   Wild, Yvette ^a   Rosenthal, Philip ^a   Goldstein, Ruth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Imaging pitfall; Pseudo gallbladder sign; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955685826     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2019-1     Document Type: Article

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