Acoustic radiation force impulse sonography in assessing children with biliary atresia for liver transplantation

Hanquinet, Sylviane; Courvoisier, Delphine; Rougemont-Pidoux, Anne-Laure; Wildhaber, Barbara; Merlini, Laura; Mclin, Valérie Anne; Anooshiravani Dumont, Mehrak

doi:10.1007/s00247-016-3565-3

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Acoustic radiation force impulse sonography in assessing children with biliary atresia for liver transplantation

ContributorsHanquinet, Sylviane; Courvoisier, Delphine

; Rougemont-Pidoux, Anne-Laure; Wildhaber, Barbara; Merlini, Laura; Mclin, Valérie Anne; Anooshiravani Dumont, Mehrak

Published inPediatric radiology, vol. 46, no. 7, p. 1011-1016

Publication date2016

Abstract

Children with biliary atresia are prone to developing progressive hepatic fibrosis and biliary cirrhosis following the Kasai operation. The only treatment is liver transplantation.

Keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography (ARFI)
Biliary atresia
Children
Cholestasis
Kasai operation
Liver stiffness
Liver transplantation
Shearwave elastography
Ultrasound

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HANQUINET, Sylviane et al. Acoustic radiation force impulse sonography in assessing children with biliary atresia for liver transplantation. In: Pediatric radiology, 2016, vol. 46, n° 7, p. 1011–1016. doi: 10.1007/s00247-016-3565-3

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PID : unige:83728
DOI : 10.1007/s00247-016-3565-3
PMID : 26939975

Journal ISSN0301-0449

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Acoustic radiation force impulse sonography in assessing children with biliary atresia for liver transplantation

Children with biliary atresia are prone to developing progressive hepatic fibrosis and biliary cirrhosis following the Kasai operation. The only treatment is liver transplantation.

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