Mild-to-moderate elevation of alanine aminotransferase increases liver stiffness measurement by transient elastography in patients with chronic hepatitis B

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 492-496

  Fung, James ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Cheng, Charles ^a   Wu, Ringo ^a   Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952363500     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.463     Document Type: Article

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