Transient elastography assessment of the liver stiffness dynamics during acute hepatitis B

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-184

  Viganò, Mauro ^a   Massironi, Sara ^b   Lampertico, Pietro ^a   Iavarone, Massimo ^a   Paggi, Silvia ^b   Pozzi, Roberta ^b   Conte, Dario ^b   Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a I Division of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis B; FibroScan; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, VIRAL; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75749117209     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328332d2fa     Document Type: Article

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