Fibrosis staging in chronic hepatitis C: Analysis of discordance between transient elastography and liver biopsy

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 469-474

  Calvaruso, V ^a   Camma C ^a   Di Marco, V ^a   Maimone, S ^b,c   Bronte, F ^a   Enea, M ^a   Dardanoni, V ^a   Manousou, P ^b   Pleguezuelo, M ^b   Xirouchakis, E ^b   Attanasio, M ^a   Dusheiko, G ^b   Burroughs, A K ^b   Craxi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aminotranferases; Liver fibrosis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA; AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 77953601206     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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