Correlation of liver stiffness and histological features in healthy persons and in patients with occult hepatitis B, chronic active hepatitis B, or hepatitis B cirrhosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1116-1122

  Fung, James ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Chan, See Ching ^a   But, David ^a   Seto, Wai Kay ^a   Cheng, Charles ^a   Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951977496     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.665     Document Type: Article

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