Noninvasive assessment of liver steatosis in children: the clinical value of controlled attenuation parameter.

Giovanna FerraioliValeria CalcaterraRaffaella LissandrinMarinella GuazzottiLaura MaiocchiCarmine TinelliAnnalisa De SilvestriCorrado RegalbutoGloria PelizzoDaniela LarizzaCarlo Filice

Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2017)

For the evaluation of liver steatosis in children CAP performs better than US, which is the most widely used imaging technique for screening patients with a suspicion of liver steatosis. A cutoff value of CAP of 249 dB/m rules in liver steatosis with a very high specificity.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
high fat diet
high fat diet induced
young adults
high resolution
metabolic syndrome
mass spectrometry