Magnetic resonance imaging identifies unsuspected liver abnormalities in patients after the fontan procedure

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-206

  Bulut, Ozlem Pinar ^a   Romero, Rene ^a   Mahle, William T ^a   McConnell, Michael ^a   Braithwaite, Kiery ^a   Shehata, Bahig M ^a   Gupta, Nitika A ^a   Vos, Miriam ^a   Alazraki, Adina ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879410187     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.12.071     Document Type: Article

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