Non-invasive investigation of liver cirrhosis;Nicht invasive diagnostik der leberzirrhose

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 104, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Lörke, Julia ^a   Erhardt, Andreas ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^b   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b St Josef Krankenhaus Moers GmbH Moers   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liter biopsy; Liver cirrhosis; Non invasive diagnostic; Serum marker of fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34447282457     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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