Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 137-151 , July 2010

Gamut of Focal Fatty Lesions in the Liver: Imaging Manifestations with Emphasis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Najla Fasih, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Najla Fasih, MBBS, The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
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  • Alampady Krishna Prasad Shanbhogue, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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  • Seng Thipphavong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Venkateswar R. Surabhi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Texas HSC at Houston, Houston, TX
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  • Demetrios Papadatos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Celia Marginean, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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PII: S0363-0188(09)00036-X

doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2009.05.001

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 137-151 , July 2010

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