Non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis using acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in chronic hepatitis patients with hepatitis C virus infection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 102-103, 2010, Pages 1203-1207

  Kuroda, Hidekatsu ^a   Kakisaka, Keisuke ^a   Tatemichi, Yoshinori ^a   Sawara, Kei ^a   Miyamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Oikawa, Kanta ^a   Miyasaka, Akio ^a   Takikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Masuda, Tomoyuki ^a   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARFI; Chronic liver disease; HCV; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTHROMBIN;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VALIDITY; VELOCITY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79251589928     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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