Magnetic resonance and ultrasound techniques for the evaluation of hepatic fibrosis [4]

Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1401-1402

  Cobbold, Jeremy ^a   Lim, Adrian ^a   Wylezinska, Marzena ^a   Cunningham, Cliona ^a   Crossey, Mary ^a   Thomas, Howard ^a   Patel, Nayna ^a   Cox, Jane ^a   Taylor Robinson, Simon ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33745526402     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21217     Document Type: Letter

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