Comparative study on clinical and pathological changes of liver fibrosis with diffusion-weighted imaging

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 89, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 1757-1761

  Zhou, Mei Ling ^a   Yan, Fu Hua ^a   Xu, Peng Ju ^a   Chen, Cai Zhong ^a   Shen, Ji Zhang ^a   Li, Ren Chen ^a   Ji, Yuan ^a   Shi, Jian Ying ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Liver cirrhosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871340685     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2009.25.010     Document Type: Article

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