Non-contrasted Computed Tomography for the Accurate Measurement of Liver Steatosis in Obese Patients

BACKGROUND: Hepatic macrosteatosis (HMS) is prevalent among high BMI patients, but a lack of validation of non-invasive measures of liver fat hampers non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD) investigation in general. Recent work suggests BMI adjusted, non-contrasted computed tomography (nc-CT) attenuatio...

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Autores principales: Shores, Nathan J., Link, Kerry, Fernandez, Adolfo, Geisinger, Kim R., Davis, Matt, Nguyen, Tam, Sawyer, Janet, Rudel, Larry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3112485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21318585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1602-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3112485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21318585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1602-5

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