Objective To assess the diagnostic performance of shear-wave elastography for determining
the severity of liver fibrosis in children and adolescents. Methods An electronic literature …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains an important global health problem with chronic
infection affecting approximately 11 million children worldwide. The emergence of direct …

Ultrasound is one of the most important imaging modalities in pediatric imaging because of
its accessibility, portability, lack of ionizing radiation, and ability to generally perform …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver condition with
significant risk of progression to steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. Therapeutic strategies in …

The liver is intensely involved in glucose metabolism and is thereby closely related to
diabetes pathophysiology. Adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) are at an …

Objective To assess the technical performance (proportion of technical failure and unreliable
measurements) of shear wave elastography (SWE) for assessing liver stiffness in pediatric …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic manifestation of the obesity
epidemic. Recent studies have clearly shown that the stage of fibrosis in adults with NAFLD …

Worldwide, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the leading cause of
chronic liver disease in children and adolescents, but also as a real public health issue …

AIM To explore the relationship of liver and spleen shear wave velocity in patients with liver
cirrhosis combined with portal hypertension, and assess the value of liver and spleen shear …

BACKGROUND: Capsular contractures around breast implants usually develop leading to
pain and aesthetically inadequate results and ultimately often requires the replacement of …