Hepatic sarcoidosis: MR appearances in patients with chronic liver disease

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 432-438

  Ferreira, Ana ^a   Ramalho, Miguel ^a   de Campos, Rafael O P ^a   Heredia, Vasco ^a   Roque, Andreia ^a   Vaidean, Georgeta ^b   Semelka, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal MRI; Chronic sarcoid liver disease; Macronodular cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MAYO END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875239336     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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