How to assess liver fibrosis and for what purpose?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 444-445

  Beaugrand, Michel ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32444443741     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.12.008     Document Type: Editorial

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