Recent Advances in Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Liver Fibrosis

Liver fibrosis is a life-threatening disease with high morbidity and mortality owing to its diverse causes. Liver biopsy, as the current gold standard for diagnosing and staging liver fibrosis, has a number of limitations, including sample variability, relatively high cost, an invasive nature, and t...

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Main Authors: Zhiming Li, Jihong Sun, Xiaoming Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/595467