Effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1322-1325

  Matos, Hugo ^a   Noruegas, Maria José ^a   Gonçalves, Isabel ^a   Sanches, Conceição ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Liver biopsy; Paediatric liver disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CHILD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS LIVER BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872275655     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2433-z     Document Type: Article

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