What is the criterion for differentiating chronic hepatitis from compensated cirrhosis? A prospective study comparing ultrasonography and percutaneous liver biopsy

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 979-985

  Gaiani, Stefano ^a   Gramantieri, Laura ^a   Venturoli, Nicola ^a   Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Siringo, Sebastiano ^a   D'Errico, Antonia ^b   Zironi, Gianni ^a   Grigioni, Walter ^b   Bolondi, Luigi ^a  

^a Internal Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Histopathology; Liver biopsy; Liver cirrhosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030832858     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80140-7     Document Type: Article

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