Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	15257
Country	Brazil

Received	2014-11-18 08:23
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Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2015-03-14 00:04
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-03-19 16:58
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Noninvasive imaging assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Focus on liver scintigraphy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Cristiane Valle Tovo, Angelo Zambam de Mattos, Gabriela Perdomo Coral, Fernanda Schild Branco, Eiji Suwa and Angelo Alves de Mattos
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Corresponding Author	Cristiane Valle Tovo, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Rua Cel Aurélio Bitencourt 115 apto 201, Porto Alegre 90430-080, Brasil. cris.tovo@terra.com.br
Key Words	Liver fibrosis; Liver scintigraphy; Nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease diagnosis; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Noninvasive methods
Core Tip	Noninvasive methods used to diagnosis nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease include ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Although these methods are reliable for the noninvasive detection of moderate to severe fatty changes in the liver, they are not reliable for detecting nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis. New imaging technologies, such as ultrasonography-based transient elastography, acoustic radiation force impulse and magnetic resonance-based elastography, may be used to determine the severity of liver fibrosis. Liver scintigraphy has recently been proposed to evaluate the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and has potential for the evaluation of patients with nonalcoholic fatty-liver disease.
Publish Date	2015-04-20 15:10
Citation	Tovo CV, de Mattos AZ, Coral GP, Branco FS, Suwa E, de Mattos AA. Noninvasive imaging assessment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Focus on liver scintigraphy. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(15): 4432-4439
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i15/4432.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i15.4432

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