Use of Magnetic Resonance Elastography to Assess Hepatic Fibrosis in Children with Chronic Liver Disease

Overview

Journal J Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2013 Sep 26

PMID 24064151

Citations 59

Authors

Stavra A Xanthakos

Daniel J Podberesky

Suraj D Serai

Lili Miles

Eileen C King

William F Balistreri

Rohit Kohli

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Abstract

Management of pediatric chronic liver disease is limited by lack of validated noninvasive biomarkers of histologic severity. We demonstrate that magnetic resonance elastography is feasible and accurate in detecting significant hepatic fibrosis in a case series of 35 children with chronic liver disease, including severely obese children.

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