Ultrasonic elastography in clinical quantitative assessment of fatty liver

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 4733-4737

  Li, Yin Yan ^a   Wang, Xue Mei ^a   Zhang, Yi Xia ^a   Ou, Guo Cheng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Grading of fatty liver; Quantitative diagnosis; Transient elastography; Ultrasonic elastography evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77957736637     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i37.4733     Document Type: Article

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