Is it time to advance pediatric NAFLD diagnosis to the magnetic resonance imaging era?

Hepatology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1779-1780

  Vos, Miriam B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; FATTY LIVER; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING ERROR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE;

EID: 84929606580     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27808     Document Type: Editorial

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