Sonographic assessment of fatty liver infiltration using the measurement of para‐ and perirenal fat thickness

Usefulness of abdominal ultrasonography for quantitative estimation of fatty liver by measurement of para‐ and perirenal sonographic fat thickness (UFT) was investigated.

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