Heterogeneous liver on research ultrasound identifies children with cystic fibrosis at high risk of advanced liver disease

Affiliations

• ¹ Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
• ² Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA.
• ³ Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
• ⁵ Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ⁶ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• ⁷ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
• ⁸ Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
• ⁹ Division of Radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
• ¹⁰ Pediatric Radiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
• ¹¹ Division of Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
• ¹² Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ¹³ Department of Medical Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ¹⁴ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• ¹⁵ Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• ¹⁶ Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
• ¹⁷ Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH, USA.
• ¹⁸ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
• ¹⁹ Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
• ²⁰ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
• ²¹ Department of Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
• ²² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
• ²³ Children's Hospital Colorado and Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Digestive Health Institute, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].