Ultrasonography in patients with chronic liver disease: Its usefulness in the diagnosis of cirrhosis

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-264

  Macias Rodriguez M A ^a   Rendon Unceta P ^a   Navas Relinque, C ^a   Tejada Cabrera, M ^a   Infantes Hernandez J M ^a   Martin Herrera L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Doppler; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0037942639     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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