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Does steatosis affect the performance of diffusion-weighted MRI values for fibrosis evaluation in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4?
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2017
Besheer Tarek, Razek Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel, El Bendary Mahmoud, Abd El Maksoud Mohamed, Elalfy Hatem, Zalata Khaled, Elkashef Wagdi, Zaghloul Hosam, El Gilany Abdel Hady
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the effect of hepatic steatosis on the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of hepatic fibrosis in patients with HCV genotype 4-related chronic hepatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Overall, 268 chronic hepatitis C patients (164 males and 104 females) underwent liver biopsy for fibrosis assessment by the METAVIR score and grading for hepatic steatosis. They were classified into early...
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