Optimizing the us diagnosis of biliary atresia with a modified triangular cord thickness and gallbladder classification1

Radiology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 181-191

  Zhou, Lu Yao ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Shan, Quan Yuan ^a   Liu, Bao Xian ^a   Zheng, Yan Ling ^a   Xu, Zuo Feng ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Pan, Fu Shun ^a   Lu, Ming De ^b   Xie, Xiao Yan ^a  

^a Department of Medical Ultrasonics Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CLASSIFICATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER SIZE; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLEEN SIZE; TRIANGULAR CORD THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CLASSIFICATION; GALLBLADDER; LIVER; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN;

BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN;

EID: 84942417324     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2015142309     Document Type: Article

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