The non-invasive diagnosis of cirrhosis using the Fibroscan must be performed with cause-specific stiffness cut-offs

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Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1630-

  Nguyen Khac, E ^a   Capron, D ^a   Braillon, A ^a   Dupas, J L ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; APPARATUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 54049135731     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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