Chronic viral hepatitis C in pediatric age group; assessment of viral activity and hepatic fibrosis by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion weighted imaging in asymptomatic

Background: Chronic hepatitis C is the most common cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Egypt is the highest affected country with a prevalence of 22%. In children, seroprevalence of HCV is 0.2% in children less than 11 years of age and 0.4% in children equal and more than 11 years of age....

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Main Authors: Shereen Mansour Galal, Fardous Hanem Abdel Aal, Alam El-den Mohammed, Mohamed Zidan Mohamed, Yasser Gamal Abd El-Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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MRS
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X1630081X