Feasibility of liver transient elastography with FibroScan® using a new probe for obese patients

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1043-1048

  de Ledinghen, Victor ^a,b   Vergniol, Julien ^a   Foucher, Juliette ^a   El Hajbi, Farid ^a   Merrouche, Wassil ^a   Rigalleau, Vincent ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness measurement; Obesity; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIET RESTRICTION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGED; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATTY LIVER; FRANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956015752     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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