Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis in thalassaemia major patients by transient elastography (TE) - Lack of interference by iron deposition

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 476-479

  Di Marco, Vito ^a   Bronte, Fabrizio ^a   Cabibi, Daniela ^a   Calvaruso, Vincenza ^a   Alaimo, Giuseppe ^a   Borsellino, Zelia ^b   Gagliardotto, Francesco ^b   Almasio, Piero Luigi ^a   Capra, Marcello ^b   Craxì, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ARNAS Civico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver fibrosis; Liver iron concentration; Thalassaemia; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY; CHILD; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049109710     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07996.x     Document Type: Article

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