MR imaging findings in autoimmune hepatitis: Correlation with clinical staging

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 896-902

  Bilaj, Fatmir ^a   Hyslop, W Brian ^a   Rivero, Hedrick ^a   Firat, Zeynep ^a   Vaidean, Georgeta ^b   Shrestha, Roshan ^a   Woosley, John T ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MAYO END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23844489778     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2363041262     Document Type: Review

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