A study on the relationship between ultrasonographic score and clinical score (MELD, CPT) in cirrhosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 65, 2005, Pages 1329-1333

  Yan, Guozhen ^a   Duan, Yunyou ^a   Ruan, Litao ^a   Chao, Tiesheng ^a   Yang, Yilin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; CTP; Hepatic fibrosis; MELD; Scoring system; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD TURCOTTE PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 25844450917     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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