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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |