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01-06-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Ursodeoxycholic acid versus phenobarbital pretreatment prior to hepatobiliary scintigraphy in neonatal cholestasis: is it time for shifting gears towards a practice change?

Authors: Sandip Basu, Anish Bhattacharya

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 7/2015

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Title: Ursodeoxycholic acid versus phenobarbital pretreatment prior to hepatobiliary scintigraphy in neonatal cholestasis: is it time for shifting gears towards a practice change?
Authors: Sandip Basu
Anish Bhattacharya
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-3011-z

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