Gray and color Doppler ultrasonography in differentiation between chronic viral hepatitis and compensated early stage cirrhosis

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Iliopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Vlychou, Marianna ^b   Margaritis, Vasilios ^c   Tsamis, Ioannis ^a   Tepetes, Kostantinos ^b   Petsas, Theodore ^c   Karatza, Chrysoula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic viral hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Haemodynamic indexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PORTAL VEIN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPLEEN; VEIN DIAMETER; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34948816188     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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