MRI evaluation of fatty liver in day to day practice: Quantitative and qualitative methods

Intracellular fat accumulation is a common feature of liver disease. Steatosis is the histological hallmark of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) but also may occur with alcohol abuse, viral hepatitis, HIV and genetic lipodystrophies, and chemotherapy. This condition is common in the Western...

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Main Authors: Kiran Gangadhar, Kedar N. Chintapalli, Gilbert Cortez, Sandhya Vinu Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14001090