Hepato-biliary Scintigraphy in diagnosis of Biliary Atresia
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Hepatobiliary scintigraphy for early diagnosis of biliary atresia.
INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of (99m)Technetium-trimethylbromo-iminodiacetic acid hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HS) for the diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA). METHODS From January 2005 to December 2009, a total of 47 infants with conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia (> 20 micromol/l total bilirubin of which 20% is conjugated) underwent HS. BA was suspected if no tra...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(06)80146-2