T1-weighted dual-echo MRI for fat quantification in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 3012-3019

  Pacifico, Lucia ^a   di Martino, Michele ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Panebianco, Valeria ^a   Bezzi, Mario ^a   Anania, Caterina ^a   Chiesa, Claudio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Fast magnetic resonance imaging; Liver fat quantification; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960266192     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i25.3012     Document Type: Article

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