Retrospective comparison of gradient recalled echo R2* and spin-echo R2 magnetic resonance analysis methods for estimating liver iron content in children and adolescents.
Background: Serial surveillance of liver iron concentration (LIC) provides guidance for chelation therapy in patients with iron overload. The diagnosis of iron overload traditionally relies on core liver biopsy, which is limited by invasiveness, sampling error, cost and general poor acceptance by pe...
| Publicado en: | Pediatric Radiology Vol. 45; no. 11; pp. 1629 - 1635 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Oct2015
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