This was a prospective open study that examined the quantitative and qualitative analysis of hepatobiliary scintigraphy (DISIDA) in detecting liver involvement in cystic fibrosis (CF). Forty-four adult and pediatric patients (median age, 12.1 years; range, 1.1-36.3 years) were divided into three gro
Hepatobiliary sonography in cystic fibrosis
β Scribed by S. P. Quillin; M. J. Siegel; R. Rothbaum
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 695 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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