Association of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with hepatic fibrosis and inflammation in primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Sarah KellerAnnette AignerRoman ZenouziAnne C KimArnoud MeijerSören A WeidemannTill KrechAnsgar W LohseGerhard AdamChristoph SchrammJin Yamamura

Published in: PloS one (2018)

The simple and reproducible method of RLE quantification on standard extracellular GBCA-enhanced MRI may provide a correlate measure of advanced stages of hepatic fibrosis and potentially also inflammation in PSC patients, if validated in larger cohorts.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
oxidative stress
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
patient reported outcomes
liver fibrosis
patient reported