Liver fibrosis: Consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific association for the study of the liver (APASL)

Hepatology International

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-333

  Shiha, Gamal ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a   Ibrahim, Alaa Eldin ^a   Omata, Masao ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a   Lesmana, Laurentius A ^a   Leung, Nancy ^a   Tozun, Nurdan ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Bedossa, Pierre ^a   Pinzani, Massimo ^a   Chawla, Yogesh ^a   Esmat, Gamal ^a   Doss, Wahed ^a   Elzanaty, Taher ^a   Sakhuja, Puja ^a   Nasr, Ahmed Medhat ^a   Omar, Ashraf ^a   Wai, Chun Tao ^a   Abdallah, Ahmed ^a   Salama, Mohsen ^a   Hamed, Abdelkhalek ^a   Yousry, Ayman ^a   Waked, Imam ^a   Elsahar, Medhat ^a   Fateen, Amr ^a   Mogawer, Sherif ^a   Hamdy, Hassan ^a   Elwakil, Reda ^a   more..

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; HVPG; Liver biopsy; Noninvasive tools; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COLCHICINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PLACEBO; SHU 508; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; SILYMARIN;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 65049086383     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-008-9114-x     Document Type: Article

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