Value of liver stiffness measured by transient elastography in the liver transplant pre-operative evaluation of the potential deceased liver donors: Preliminary study

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Pichon, Nicolas ^a,b   Loustaud Ratti, Véronique ^a   Clavel, Marc ^a   Carrier, Paul ^a   Amiel, Jean Bernard ^a   Labrousse, François ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Graft evaluation; Hepatic steatosis; Liver stiffness; Liver transplants; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953297699     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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