Concurrent Session VI - NON-INVASIVE MARKERS OF HEPATIC FIBROSIS
Moderators: Shikha Sundaram, MD, Children's Hospital Colorado and Niviann Blondet, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital

Worth a thousand words: Approaches in n​on-invasive imaging of hepatic fibrosis
Christine Lee, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
Objectives:
  • Understand how different imaging modalities estimate liver fibrosis
  • Acknowledge the advantages/ disadvantages of various imaging techniques
  • Describe new uses of non-invasive imaging for the assessment of liver disease
Christine Lee
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667  MRCP SEVERITY PREDICTS DISEASE OUTCOMES IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS: A RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY STUDY. Amanda Ricciuto1, Kedar Patil2, Alaa Alsharief2, Jehan Al-Rayahi2, Afsaneh Amirabadi2, Peter Church1, Binita Kamath1, Mary-Louise Greer2. 1Gastroenterology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Amanda Ricciuto
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Serum biomarkers of liver fibrosis: Ready for prime time in pediatrics?
Alex Miethke, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Objectives:
  • Interpret liver fibrosis scores and established biomarkers of fibrosis
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these biomarkers
  • Review serum biomarkers of fibrosis validated for pediatric diseases
Alex Miethke
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668  INTAKE OF DAIRY FAT IS INVERSELY ASSSOCIATED WITH HEPATIC STEATOSIS. Mary Sawh1,2, Martina Wallace3, Craig Bross2, Alexandra Schlein4, Emma Shapiro5, Janis Durelle2, Kimberly P Newton1,2, Hyeri You6, Ronghui Xu6, Jon Gangoiti7, Bruce Barshop7,8, Claude Sirlin4, Christian Metallo3, Jeffrey Schwimmer1,2. 1Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA; 2Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA; 3Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 4Radiology, Liver Imaging Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 5Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; 6Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 7Pediatrics, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA; 8Metabolics and Mitochondrial Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA. 
Mary Sawh
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