Transient elastography in the assessment of liver fibrosis in adult thalassemia patients

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 564-568

  Fraquelli, Mirella ^a   Cassinerio, Elena ^a   Roghi, Alberto ^b   Rigamonti, Cristina ^a   Casazza, Giovanni ^a   Colombo, Massimo ^a   Massironi, Sara ^a   Conte, Dario ^a   Cappellini, Maria Domenica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BETA THALASSEMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELASTICITY; HEPATITIS C; ITALY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955485983     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21752     Document Type: Article

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