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Role of sonography in detection and evaluation of post liver transplant complications

Muna M. Babikir, Mohammed H. Alkhalaf, Hamad M. Al Bahili, Magda M. Babiker, Ali A. Alyami, Abdulaziz I. Alrashed, Abdullah A. Alhajeri and Najla M. Alkhelaiwi
Saudi Medical Journal October 2024, 45 (10) 1041-1048; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240320
Muna M. Babikir
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed H. Alkhalaf
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hamad M. Al Bahili
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Magda M. Babiker
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali A. Alyami
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz I. Alrashed
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah A. Alhajeri
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Najla M. Alkhelaiwi
From the Department of Radiodaignostic (Babikir, Alkhalaf, Alrashed, Alhajeri, Alkhelaiwi), Ultrasound Section; from the Multi-organ Transplant Center (Al Bahili, Alyami), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, and from the Department of Radiology (Babiker), Ultrasound Section, Althomairy Clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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