Comparison of the liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography with the liver biopsy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 42, 2008, Pages 6513-6517

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Şirli, Roxana ^a   Deleanu, Alexandra ^a   Tudora, Adriana ^a   Curescu, Manuela ^a   Cornianu, Marioara ^a   Lazär, Daniela ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chronic C hepatitis; FibroScan; Liver biopsy; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63449135917     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6513     Document Type: Article

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