Pitfalls of liver stiffness measurement: A 5-year prospective study of 13,369 examinations

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 828-835

  Cast́era, Laurent ^a,b   Foucher, Juliette ^a,b   Bernard, Pierre Henri ^b   Carvalho, Françoise ^a   Allaix, Daniele ^a   Merrouche, Wassil ^a   Couzigou, Patrice ^a   De Ĺedinghen, Victor ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950619459     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23425     Document Type: Article

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