Pediatric liver MR elastography

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2713-2719

  Serai, Suraj D ^a   Towbin, Alexander J ^a   Podberesky, Daniel J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastography; Fibrosis; MRE; Pediatric; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTROGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867840043     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2196-2     Document Type: Article

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