Reproducibility of transient elastography in the evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease

Gut

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 968-973

  Fraquelli, Mirella ^a,b   Rigamonti, Cristina ^b   Casazza, Giovanni ^c   Conte, Dario ^b   Donato, Maria Francesco ^b   Ronchi, Guido ^b   Colombo, Massimo ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 34247631059     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.111302     Document Type: Article

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