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SUBMITTER: Desai NK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5105890 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Desai Nirav K NK Harney Sarah S Raza Roshan R Al-Ibraheemi Alyaa A Shillingford Nick N Mitchell Paul D PD Jonas Maureen M MM
The Journal of pediatrics 20160330
<h4>Objective</h4>To assess whether the degree of steatosis as determined by controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) measurements correlates with that observed on liver biopsies in a single-center pediatric and young adult cohort.<h4>Study design</h4>This cross-sectional study included patients undergoing liver biopsy as part of standard clinical care between January 25, 2012, and April 1, 2015, at Boston Children's Hospital. Eligible patients, with a variety of liver diseases, had CAP measuremen ...[more]