Can transient elastography replace liver histology for determination of advanced fibrosis in alcoholic patients: A real-life study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 575-582

  Janssens, Filip ^a   De Suray, Nicolas ^a   Piessevaux, Hubert ^a   Horsmans, Yves ^a   De Timary, Philippe ^a   Stärkel, Peter ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

alcoholic liver disease; APRI; Forns; liver stiffness; portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 77955954049     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181cb4216     Document Type: Article

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