Dr. Raphael B. Merriman MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
350 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94143Rating
4/5
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Dr. Raphael Merriman, MD is one of the most highly ranked doctors in the United States. He specializes in hepatology and internal medicine and currently sees patients in San francisco, California. Dr. ...
Education and Training
National University Ireland
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The colon single-stripe sign and its relationship to ischemic colitis.
- Growth rate of hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation with serial computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.
- Accuracy of liver fat quantification at MR imaging: comparison of out-of-phase gradient-echo and fat-saturated fast spin-echo techniques--initial experience.
- Underdiagnosis of pediatric obesity and underscreening for fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome by pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists.
- Metformin, vitamin E, and diet for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and HIV infection.
- Liver fat: effect of hepatic iron deposition on evaluation with opposed-phase MR imaging.
- Long-term follow-up of portopulmonary hypertension: effect of treatment with epoprostenol.
- Health-related fitness and physical activity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- A clinical scoring system for predicting nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in morbidly obese patients.
- Liver steatosis: investigation of opposed-phase T1-weighted liver MR signal intensity loss and visceral fat measurement as biomarkers.
- Weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese patients heterozygous for MC4R mutations.
- Liver diffusivity in healthy volunteers and patients with chronic liver disease: comparison of breathhold and free-breathing techniques.
- Liver steatosis: concordance of MR imaging and MR spectroscopic data with histologic grade.
- A rare case of acute hepatitis B virus infection causing guillain-barré syndrome.
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Fellowships
- University of California At San Francisco
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