Transient elastography to assess hepatic fibrosis in primary biliary cirrhosis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-447

  Gomez Dominguez E ^a   Mendoza, J ^b   Garcia Buey L ^b   Trapero, M ^b   Gisbert, J P ^b   Jones, E A ^b   Moreno Otero, R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 38349159572     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03585.x     Document Type: Article

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