Can Doppler sonography grade the severity of hepatitis C-related liver disease?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1848-1853

  Lim, Adrian K P ^a   Patel, Nayna ^a   Eckersley, Robert J ^a   Kuo, Yu Ting ^a,b   Goldin, Robert D ^c   Thomas, Howard C ^c   Cosgrove, David O ^a   Taylor Robinson, Simon D ^a   Blomley, Martin J K ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPLEEN; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 20044388747     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.6.01841848     Document Type: Article

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