Etiology-related determinants of liver stiffness values in chronic viral hepatitis B or C

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-628

  Fraquelli, Mirella ^a   Rigamonti, Cristina ^a   Casazza, Giovanni ^b   Donato, Maria Francesca ^a   Ronchi, Guido ^a   Conte, Dario ^a   Rumi, Mariagrazia ^a   Lampertico, Pietro ^a   Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD OF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952706732     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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