Usefulness of MR elastography for predicting esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 559-566

  Sun, Hye Young ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

esophageal varices; liver cirrhosis; MR elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84894258931     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24186     Document Type: Article

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