A new method for the evaluation of the liver injury by 19F MRS of 5-fluorouracil.

Magn Reson Med

Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Tokushima University, Japan.

Published: December 1991

An investigation was made of 5-fluorouracil metabolism in rat liver by 19F MRS. Fluoronucleotide synthesis increased markedly with liver injury and accelerated with uracil treatment, indicating that 19F MRS may serve as a new method for evaluating liver viability.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910220257DOI Listing

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