Diagnostic criteria for fatty infiltration of the liver on contrast- enhanced helical CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 659-664

  Jacobs, Jill E ^a   Birnbaum, Bernard A ^a   Shapiro, Michael A ^a,b   Langlotz, Curtis P ^a   Slosman, Francois ^a,c   Rubesin, Stephen E ^a   Horii, Steven C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031753895     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.3.9725292     Document Type: Article

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