Ultrasonographic and biochemical parameters in the non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C virus chronic hepatitis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 769-774

  Iacobellis, A ^a   Fusilli, S ^a   Mangia, A ^a   Clemente, R ^b   Festa, V ^c   Giacobbe, A ^a   Facciorusso, D ^a   Niro, G ^a   Conoscitore, P ^a   Andriulli, A ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; STAGING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27644446402     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02633.x     Document Type: Article

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