Non-invasive evaluation of hepatic fibrosis for type c chronic hepatitis

Intervirology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-81

  Tatsumi, Chie ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Ueshima, Kazuomi ^a   Kitai, Satoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Emi ^a   Yada, Norihisa ^a   Hagiwara, Satoru ^a   Inoue, Tatsuo ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoshi ^b   Fujimoto, Kenji ^c   Kato, Michio ^c   Tonomura, Akiko ^d   Mitake, Tsuyoshi ^d   Shiina, Tsuyoshi ^e  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organizaton Minami Wakayama Medical Center   (Japan)

^d HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy, liver; FibroScan; Fibrosis, liver; Real time tissue elastography

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 75349107786     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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