Association Between MR Elastography Liver Stiffness and Histologic Liver Fibrosis in Children and Young Adults With Autoimmune Liver Disease
Jonathan R. Dillman, Andrew T. Trout, Amy Taylor, Leticia Khendek, Jennifer L. Kasten, Rachel Sheridan, Divya Sharma, Rebekah Karns, Cyd Castro-Rojas, Bin Zhang, Alexander Miethke
Abstract
BACKGROUND. Liver fibrosis is an important clinical endpoint of the progression of autoimmune liver disease (AILD); its monitoring would benefit from noninvasive imaging tools.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAutoimmune hepatitisLiver biopsyInternal medicineTransient elastographyGastroenterologyFibrosisMagnetic resonance elastographyStage (stratigraphy)PathologyLiver diseaseElastographyBiopsyHepatitisRadiologyUltrasoundPaleontologyBiologyLiver Diseases and ImmunityLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHepatitis B Virus Studies