Liver-specific magnetic resonance contrast medium in the evaluation of chronic liver disease

ABSTRACT The hepatobiliary-specific contrast medium (gadoxetic acid – Primovist®) is primarily used to improve detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions, such as in chronic liver disease patients with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma. Since the contrast medium is selectively taken up...

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Main Authors: Marcio Augusto Correia Rodrigues dos Reis, Ronaldo Hueb Baroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082015000200027&lng=en&tlng=en