Non-invasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis in liver transplant patients with hepatitis C: Can we avoid liver biopsies?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-228

  Berenguer, M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; GRAFT INFECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

EID: 60649107798     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.12.001     Document Type: Note

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