Real-time tissue elastography as a tool for the noninvasive assessment of liver stiffness in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Morikawa, Hiroyasu ^a   Fukuda, Katsuhiko ^b   Kobayashi, Sawako ^a   Fujii, Hideki ^a   Iwai, Shuji ^a   Enomoto, Masaru ^a   Tamori, Akihiro ^a   Sakaguchi, Hiroki ^a   Kawada, Norifumi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PL Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954417601     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0301-x     Document Type: Article

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