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Triangular Cord Sign on Ultrasonography Does Not Indicate Disease Progression of Biliary Atresia

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We thank Prof. Erik Skarsgard for critically reading the manuscript and Dr. Shigeru Takamizawa (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagano Children’s Hospital) for the generous advice about data analyses.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kobe Children’s Hospital, 1-6-7, Minatojima-Minami-machi, Chuo-ku, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan

    Kosuke Endo & Akiko Yokoi

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, 2-4-20 Ohgimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-8480, Japan

    Kosuke Endo

  3. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kobe Children’s Hospital, 1-6-7, Minatojima-Minami-machi, Chuo-ku, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan

    Makiko Yoshida

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Endo, K., Yoshida, M. & Yokoi, A. Triangular Cord Sign on Ultrasonography Does Not Indicate Disease Progression of Biliary Atresia. Indian J Pediatr 86, 656–657 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-019-02967-8

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