title: Biliary scintigraphy with DISIDA. A simpler way of showing bile duct patency in suspected biliary atresia.
abstract: 99mTC-diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid (DISIDA) scintigraphy after oral phenobarbitone treatment accurately indicated bile duct patency or obstruction in 28 of 32 (87%) infants, aged less than 12 weeks, with suspected biliary atresia. This investigation is more rapid than and as accurate as the 131I Rose-Bengal faecal excretion test.
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D013667:Technetium; D019785:Technetium Tc 99m Disofenin