Interpreting liver stiffness in the cirrhotic range: What are we measuring?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 424-425

  Castéra, Laurent ^a   Forns, Xavier ^b   Alberti, Alfredo ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58149461835     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.11.004     Document Type: Letter

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