Ultrasonographic evaluation of liver surface and transient elastography in clinically doubtful cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 846-853

  Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a,b,c   Abraldes, Juan G ^a,c   Tandon, Puneeta ^a   Erice, Eva ^a   Gilabert, Rosa ^b,c   García Pagan, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Bosch, Jaime ^a,c  

^a Liver Unit   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HVPG; Liver biopsy; Liver cirrhosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LEFT LOBE LIVER SURFACE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952426202     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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