Assessment of noninvasive liver stiffness in inactive hbsag carriers by transient elastography

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-185

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Nicolita, Diana ^a   Sirli, Roxana ^a   Deleanu, Alexandra ^a   Tudora, Adriana ^a   Bota, Simona ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Transient elastography liver HBsAg

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 79955607311     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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