Disproportionally high results of transient elastography in patients with autoimmune hepatitis

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1177-1178

  Romanque, Pamela ^a,b   Stickel, Felix ^a   Dufour, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48949086333     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01743.x     Document Type: Letter

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