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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2014 Sep 25;41(6):1629–1638. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24755

Table 1.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion:
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    standard-of-care liver biopsy planned for evaluation of suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or reassessment of previously diagnosed NAFLD

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    age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion:
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    alcohol consumption of ≥ 14 drinks per week (men) or ≥ 7 drinks per week (women) within 2 years of study

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    steatogenic or hepatotoxic drugs

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    NAFLD secondary to major nutritional or gastrointestinal disorders, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

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    viral hepatitis, Wilson disease, hemochromatosis, glycogen storage disease, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, autoimmune hepatitis, cholestatic liver disease, vascular liver diseases

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    contraindications to MRI

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    pregnant or trying to become pregnant

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    weight greater than scanner limits