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Review
. 2019 Oct 9;14(3):112-115.
doi: 10.1002/cld.824. eCollection 2019 Sep.

PRO: This Patient Should Have a Liver Biopsy

Akshata Moghe  1 , Matthew Klinge  1 , Naudia Jonassaint  1
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Review

PRO: This Patient Should Have a Liver Biopsy

Akshata Moghe et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figure 1
Operator dependence in MRE interpretation. (A) A magnetic resonance elastogram, with a 0 to 8 kPa color scale. Red denotes maximum stiffness, and purple denotes least stiffness. (B) Varying stiffness levels within the area of interest: region within the blue circle has a stiffness of 8.0 kPa, and region within the green circle has a stiffness of 3.5 kPa. (C) Stiffness level of area of interest outlined in red is 5.3 kPa.
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