Relationship between the Fibrotest and portal hypertension in patients with liver disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-368

  Thabut, D ^a,b   Imbert Bismut, F ^b   Cazals Hatem, D ^c   Messous, D ^b   Muntenau, M ^d   Valla, D C ^c   Moreau, R ^c   Poynard, T ^b,e   Lebrec, D ^c  

^a Service d'Hépato Gastroentérologie   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Biopredictive   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 34447325411     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03378.x     Document Type: Article

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