Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
367-01-011 ISMRM Abstract

Assessment of Muscle-Specific Taurine and Intramyocellular Lipids in Chronic Hyperglycaemia: 3T 1H MRS study.

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Visolakhon Ismoilova 1,2, Radka Klepochová1,2,3,4, Ivica Just1,2, Luise Bellach2, Magdalena Bastian2, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer2, Michael Leutner2, Martin Krssak1,2
1Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2Clinical Division of Internal Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
4Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Presenting Author: Visolakhon Ismoilova

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