Dynamic changes in liver stiffness during the course of acute hepatitis A

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-456

  Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Lee, Kwang Gyun ^a   Jung, Eun Suk ^a   An, Hyonggin ^a   Park, Sanghoon ^a   Keum, Bora ^a   Yim, Hyung Joon ^a   Jeen, Yoon Tae ^a   Chun, Hoon Jai ^a   Kim, Chang Duck ^a   Ryu, Ho Sang ^a   Um, Soon Ho ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elastography; International normalized ratio; Necroinflammation; Overestimation; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77949878063     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365520903536515     Document Type: Article

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