Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia Based on a Decision-Making Tree Model |
Lee, So Mi
(Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Cheon, Jung-Eun (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Choi, Young Hun (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Kim, Woo Sun (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Cho, Hyun-Hye (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Kim, In-One (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) You, Sun Kyoung (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) |
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