Prevalence of Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatic Iron Overload in a Northeastern German Population by Using Quantitative MR Imaging

Purpose To quantify liver fat and liver iron content by measurement of confounder-corrected proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and R2* and to identify clinical associations for fatty liver disease and liver iron overload and their prevalence in a large-scale population-based study. Materials and Met...

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Published in:	Radiology Vol. 284; no. 3; p. 706
Main Authors:	Kühn, Jens-Peter, Meffert, Peter, Heske, Christian, Kromrey, Marie-Luise, Schmidt, Carsten O, Mensel, Birger, Völzke, Henry, Lerch, Markus M, Hernando, Diego, Mayerle, Julia, Reeder, Scott B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.09.2017
Subjects:	Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Female Germany - epidemiology Humans Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods Iron Overload - diagnostic imaging Iron Overload - epidemiology Liver - diagnostic imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Male Middle Aged Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - diagnostic imaging Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology Prospective Studies
ISSN:	1527-1315, 1527-1315
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