Open AccessLiver fat accumulation measured by high-speed T2-corrected multi-echo magnetic resonance spectroscopy can predict risk of cholelithiasis
Author(s) -
Hong Chen,
Weike Zeng,
Guangzi Shi,
Ming Gao,
Mengzhu Wang,
Jun Shen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i33.4996
Subject(s) - nuclear magnetic resonance , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , fatty liver , medicine , echo (communications protocol) , nuclear medicine , physics , radiology , computer science , computer network , disease
Liver fat accumulation is associated with increased cholesterol synthesis and hypersecretion of biliary cholesterol, which may be related to the development of cholelithiasis.