Reproducibility of Liver Stiffness Measurement by Ultrasonographic Elastometry

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1263-1269

  Boursier, Jérôme ^a,b   Konaté, Anselme ^a,b   Gorea, Gabriella ^a   Reaud, Stéphane ^b   Quemener, Emmanuel ^a   Oberti, Frédéric ^a,b   Hubert Fouchard, Isabelle ^a,b   Dib, Nina ^a,b   Calès, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STRUCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHIC ELASTOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 55149113975     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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