Usefulness of non-invasive tools in liver fibrosis assessment

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Gutkowski, Krzysztof ^a   Hartleb, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Direct markers; Indirect markers; Liver fibrosis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL REGENERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONITORING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STAGING; STANDARD;

EID: 44949166887     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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