Ultrasound scanning in the detection of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 292, Issue 6512, 1986, Pages 13-15

  Saverymuttu, S H ^a   Joseph, A E A ^a   Maxwell, J D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIFICITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0022645750     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.292.6512.13     Document Type: Article

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