Ultrasound diagnosis of fatty liver in patients with chronic liver disease: A retrospective observational study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 624-629

  Perez, Nolan E ^a   Siddiqui, Firdous A ^a   Mutchnick, Milton G ^a   Dhar, Ravi ^a   Tobi, Martin ^a   Ullah, Nadeem ^a   Saksouk, Faysal A ^a   Wheeler, Don E ^a   Ehrinpreis, Murray N ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Sonography; Steatosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250773919     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225680.45088.01     Document Type: Article

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