Variability in liver stiffness values from different intercostal spaces

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 760-766

  Kim, Seung Up ^a   Kim, Ja Kyung ^a,b   Park, Jun Yong ^a,b   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^a,b   Lee, Jung Min ^a   Baatarkhuu, Oidov ^a,c   Choi, Eun Hee ^a   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a,b   Chon, Chae Yoon ^a,b   Kim, Do Young ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

^c Health Sciences University   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Cirrhosis; FibroScan ; Fibrosis; Hepatitis B virus; Intercostal space; Liver stiffness measurement; Transient elastography; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KOREA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64749114707     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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