Is transient elastography a useful tool for screening liver disease?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1409-1414

  Del Poggio, Paolo ^a   Colombo, Silvia ^a  

^a TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Liver disease; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Screening; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOLISM; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CARRIER; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NORMAL VALUE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STEATOSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CYTOLOGY; LIVER; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD DONORS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 65549162163     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1409     Document Type: Editorial

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