The role of bright liver echo pattern on ultrasound B-mode examination in the diagnosis of liver steatosis

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 485-489

  Palmentieri, B ^a   de Sio, I ^a   La Mura, V ^a   Masarone, M ^a   Vecchione, R ^b   Bruno, S ^c   Torella, R ^a   Persico, M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bright liver echo pattern; Coarse liver echo pattern; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic steatosis; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Homogeneous liver echo pattern; Ultrasound liver examination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748498921     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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