Fibroscan for assessing liver fibrosis: An acceptable alternative for liver biopsy

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-158

  Malekzadeh, Reza ^a   Poustchi, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fibroscan; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79955574282     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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