Diagnosis of hepatic steatosis by contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography;Diagnóstico da esteatose hepática pela tomografia computadorizada de abdome com meio de contraste intravenoso

Radiologia Brasileira

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 134-138

  Monjardim, Rodrigo Da Fonseca ^a   Costa, Danilo Manuel Cerqueira ^a   Romano, Ricardo Francisco Tavares ^a   Salvadori, Priscila Silveira ^a   dos Santos, Jaime de Vargas Conde ^a   Von Atzingen, Augusto Castelli ^a   Shigueoka, David Carlos ^a   D'Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Fatty liver; Liver disease; Multidetector computed tomography; Steatosis; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881236073     PISSN: 01003984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-39842013000300005     Document Type: Article

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