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Accuracy of controlled attenuation parameter compared with ultrasound for detecting hepatic steatosis in children with severe obesity

OBJECTIVES: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) on FibroScan(®) in detecting and grading steatosis in a screening setting and perform a head-to-head comparison with conventional B-mode ultrasound. METHODS: Sixty children with severe obesity (median BMI z-sc...

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Autores principales: Runge, Jurgen H., van Giessen, Jet, Draijer, Laura G., Deurloo, Eline E., Smets, Anne M. J. B., Benninga, Marc A., Koot, Bart G. P., Stoker, Jaap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7880971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32910234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-020-07245-2