The role of magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopic retrograde cholangiography in the evaluation of disease activity and severity in primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Andrea TencaHarri MustonenKati LindEila LanttoKaija-Leena KolhoSonja BoydJohanna ArolaKalle JokelainenMartti Färkkilä

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)

The overall agreement between ERCP and MRI-MRCP in assessing disease severity was moderate for intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts. MRI-MRCP seems to have a minor role as surrogate marker of disease activity and progression in PSC.

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