Accuracy of ultrasonography in detection of severe liver fibrosis/cirrhosis in chronic liver disease

Medical Forum Monthly

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2-6

  Niazi, M Farooq Khan ^a   Khan, Muhammad Usman ^a   Ghaffar, Abdul ^a   Amin, Zafar ^a  

^a PNS Shifa Karachi   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis liver; Hepatic cirrhosis; Liver cirrhosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER NODULE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53349097534     PISSN: 1029385X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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