Validation of noninvasive methods for the assessment of liver fibrosis in patients with recurrent hepatitis C after transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1006-1007

  Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a   Terzi, Eleonora ^a   Gianstefani, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77955684032     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22101     Document Type: Letter

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