Noninvasive assessment of liver steatosis, fibrosis and inflammation in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1150-1155

  Schneider, Arne R J ^a,b   Teuber, G ^a   Kriener, S ^a   Caspary, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Doppler; Fibrosis; HCV; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 28944441782     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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