Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography in acute liver failure: Necrosis mimics cirrhosis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-448

  Karlas, T F ^a   Pfrepper, C ^a   Rosendahl, J ^a   Benckert, C ^a   Wittekind, C ^b   Jonas, S ^a   Moessner, J ^a   Troltzsch M ^a   Tillmann, H L ^c   Berg, T ^a   Keim, V ^a   Wiegand, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

liver stiffness; phenprocoumon; transient elastography; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 79953890315     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245690     Document Type: Article

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