Points to be considered when applying FibroScan s probe in children with biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 624-628

  Kim, Seung ^a   Kang, Yunkoo ^a   Lee, Mi Jung ^b   Kim, Myung Joon ^b   Han, Seok Joo ^a   Koh, Hong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Radiological Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Children; Liver fibrosis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY PROBE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIARY ATRESIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; THORAX;

EID: 84928271831     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000489     Document Type: Article

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