The diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasonography in biliary atresia

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 415-422

  Jiang, Li Ping ^a,b   Chen, Yun Chao ^a   Ding, Lu ^a   Liu, Xiao Ling ^a   Li, Kai Yan ^a   Huang, Dao Zhong ^a   Zhou, Ai Yun ^b   Zhang, Qing Ping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; High frequency ultrasonography; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN DIAMETER;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886377303     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-3872(13)60065-X     Document Type: Article

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