Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 439-446 , November 2009

Comparison of different diagnostic methods for differentiating biliary atresia from idiopathic neonatal hepatitis

  • Ji-Gang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, 95 Yong An Road Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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  • Da-Qing Ma

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Nuclear Medicine Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, 95 Yong An Road Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China. Tel.: +86 10 63138462.
    • ,
  • Yun Peng

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department of Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Lei Song

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Department of Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Chun-Lin Li

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department of Beijing Friendship Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, 95 Yong An Road Xuanwu District, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China

Received 20 September 2008 ,Accepted 8 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.01.003

Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 439-446 , November 2009

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