Changes in liver stiffness measurement during antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 106, 2011, Pages 539-545

  Lim, Sun Gyo ^a   Cho, Sung Won ^a   Lee, Yoon Chul ^a   Jeon, Su Jin ^a   Lee, Myoung Hee ^a   Cho, Young Ju ^a   Kim, Soon Sun ^a   Kim, Young Bae ^a   Seok, Jae Yeon ^a   Cheong, Jae Youn ^a   Kim, Jin Hong ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antiviral response; Chronic hepatitis B; Entecavir; Liver stiffness

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79958084027     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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