Screening the general population for cirrhosis using transient elastography: Finding a needle in a haystack?

Gut

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 883-884

  Castera, Laurent ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ELASTOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MASS SCREENING; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79958227076     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.234203     Document Type: Note

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