Value of transient elastography for the prediction of variceal bleeding

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2206-2210

  Sporea, Ioan ^a   Raţiu, Iulia ^a   Şirli, Roxana ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a   Bota, Simona ^a  

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

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 79955877926     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i17.2206     Document Type: Article

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