Reliability of transient elastography for the diagnosis of advanced fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1288-1293

  Arena, U ^a   Vizzutti, F ^a   Abraldes, J G ^b   Corti, G ^a   Stasi, C ^a   Moscarella, S ^a   Milani, S ^a   Lorefice, E ^a   Petrarca, A ^a   Romanelli, R G ^a   Laffi, G ^a   Bosch, J ^b   Marra, F ^a   Pinzani, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 50249178742     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.149708     Document Type: Article

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