Methods and interest of noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis are still in debate

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1781-

  Degos, Françoise ^a   Lebrun, Louis ^b   Perez, Paul ^c   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 79955079705     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24276     Document Type: Letter

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