Hepatic elastography. Position paper of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology;Elastografía hepática. Documento de posicionamiento de la Societat Catalana dDigestologia

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 504-510

  Carrión, José A ^a   Navasa, Miquel ^b   Buti, Maria ^c   Torras, Xavier ^d   Xiol, Xavier ^e   Vergara, Mercedes ^f   Planas, Ramón ^g   Solà, Ricard ^a   Forns, Xavier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elastography; Fibroscan; Hepatitis; Liver fibrosis; Non invasive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961031986     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: 15789519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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