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A 10-month-old girl presents jaundice and abdominal pain for 3 days and clinical picture of gastroenteritis the previous week. On examination, there was moderate hepatomegaly. Laboratory test shows signs of cholestasis.
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Nebot, C.S. (2012). Abdominal Imaging. In: Martínez-León, M., Martínez-Valverde, A., Ceres-Ruiz, L. (eds) Imaging for Pediatricians. Imaging for Clinicians, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28629-2_4
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