Evaluation of liver fibrosis with T2 relaxation time in infants with cholestasis: Comparison with normal controls

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-354

  Lee, Mi Jung ^b,c   Kim, Myung Joon ^b,c   Yoon, Choon Sik ^a   Han, Seok Joo ^b,c   Park, Young Nyun ^b,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Severance Pediatric Liver Disease Research Group   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Infant; Liver; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELAXATION TIME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953810882     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1874-5     Document Type: Article

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