Transient micro-elastography: A novel non-invasive approach to measure liver stiffness in mice

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 968-975

  Bastard, Cécile ^a,b,c,d   Bosisio, Matteo R ^c,e   Chabert, Michèle ^e,f,g,h   Kalopissis, Athina D ^e,f,g   Mahrouf Yorgov, Meriem ^c,g,i   Gilgenkrantz, Hélène ^c,g,i   Mueller, Sebastian ^j   Sandrin, Laurent ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (France)

^b Université de Tours   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Fibrosis; Liver; Liver stiffness; Mice; Micro elastography; Transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 79955928533     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i8.968     Document Type: Article

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