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Pediatric Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS): Pediatric Transplantation

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In the assessment before, during and after solid organ and stem cell transplantation in children, ultrasonography (US) is the first-line imaging modality, especially in liver and kidney transplantation.

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Abbreviations

CEUS:

Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

EBV:

   Epstein–Barr virus

GvHD:

Graft versus host disease

PTLD:

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease

RI:

  Resistive indices

UCA:

  Ultrasound contrast-agent

US:

  Ultrasonography

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  1. Pediatric Ultrasonography, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    Doris Franke

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Franke, D. (2021). Pediatric Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography (CEUS): Pediatric Transplantation. In: Sidhu, P., Sellars, M., Deganello, A. (eds) Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Pediatric Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49691-3_9

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