In vivo, high-field, 3-Tesla 1H MR spectroscopic assessment of liver fibrosis in HCV-correlated chronic liver disease;Valutazione in vivo della fibrosi epatica in corso di epatopatia cronica HCV con spettroscopia 1H-RM 3T

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-299

  Orlacchio, A ^a   Bolacchi, F ^a   Angelico, M ^a   Mancini, A ^a   Cozzolino, V ^a   Cadioli, M ^b   Simonetti, G ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Liver fibrosis; Magnetic resonance, spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 43449116635     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-008-0239-8     Document Type: Article

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