Importance of imaging and recent developments in diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 769-776

  Koplay, Mustafa ^a   Sivri, Mesut ^a   Erdogan, Hasan ^a   Nayman, Alaaddin ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elastography; Imaging methods; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928994487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i5.769     Document Type: Article

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