Autoimmune hepatitis: CT and MR imaging features with histopathological correlation

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-84

  Sahni, V Anik ^a   Raghunathan, Girish ^a   Mearadji, Banafsche ^a   Ukomadu, Chinweike ^a   Glickman, Jonathan ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a   Erturk, Sukru M ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; CT; Histopathology; MRI

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BARIUM SULFATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOPROMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76649141747     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-008-9485-4     Document Type: Article

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