| Literature DB >> 24064151 |
Stavra A Xanthakos1, Daniel J Podberesky2, Suraj D Serai2, Lili Miles3, Eileen C King4, William F Balistreri5, Rohit Kohli5.
Abstract
Management of pediatric chronic liver disease is limited by lack of validated noninvasive biomarkers of histologic severity. We demonstrate that magnetic resonance elastography is feasible and accurate in detecting significant hepatic fibrosis in a case series of 35 children with chronic liver disease, including severely obese children.Entities:
Keywords: ARFI; AUROC; Acoustic radiation force imaging; Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; BMI; Body mass index; MRE; Magnetic resonance elastography; NAFLD; NASH; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; ROI; Region of interest; TE; Transient elastography; US; Ultrasound
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24064151 PMCID: PMC3872246 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.050
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406