The FibroScan®: A new non invasive method of liver fibrosis evaluation;Le FibroScan®: Une nouvelle méthode d'évaluation non invasive de la fibrose hépatique

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 62, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 68-72

  Lamproye, A ^a   Belaiche, J ^a   Delwaide, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Elastography; FibroScan ; Fibrosis; Liver stiffness

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; STEATOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 41149083068     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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