Friday, December 17, 2010

Hepatitis C :MRE Non-invasive test for liver fibrosis

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed technology that uses sound waves to see if a patient’s liver is harder than it should be — if it’s developing fibrosis.

It’s called Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE), and it offers a noninvasive alternative to liver biopsy

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