A Preliminary Application of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Quantitatively Assessing Hepatic Fat and the Efficacy of Anti-obesity Therapy

A Preliminary Application of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Quantitatively Assessing Hepatic Fat and the Efficacy of Anti-obesity Therapy

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases cause insulin resistance and may develop into metabolic diseases such as steatohepatitis or type II diabetes. Standard histopathological examinations are routinely used to measure hepatic fat in order to assess and treat liver diseases, but this metho...

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Main Authors: Hyunseung Lee, Kyeong-Hoon Jeong, Myoung Gyu Park, Jongeun Kang, Kwan Soo Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2010-11-01
Series:Journal of Analytical Science and Technology
Subjects:
Fatty liver
Obese mice
MR spectroscopy
Hepatic lipid ratio
Drug efficacy
Online Access:http://www.jastmag.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.5355/JAST.2011.23

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