Noninvasive in vivo quantitative assessment of fat content in human liver

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-113

  Ricci, Claudio ^b   Longo, Renata ^b   Gioulis, Eugenio ^b   Bosco, Marco ^a   Pollesello, Piero ^a   Masutti, Flora ^b   Crocè, Lory S ^b   Paoletti, Sergio ^a   Bernard, Benedetto De ^b   Tiribelli, Claudio ^b   Palma, Ludovico Dalla ^b  

^a Area Science Park   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Computerized tomography; Fatty infiltration; Liver; Quantification; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS;

EID: 18544403656     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80288-7     Document Type: Article

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