Impact of fibroscanspi® on management of chronic viral hepatitis in clinical practice

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 469-476

  van de Putte, Dietje Fransen ^a   Blom, Renske ^b   van Soest, Hanneke ^b   Mundt, Marco ^b   Verveer, Claudia ^c   Arends, Joop ^b   de Knegt, Robert E ^c   Mauser Bunschoten, Eveline ^a   van Erpecum, Karel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Fibrosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Liver cirrhosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AST TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052724865     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31514-5     Document Type: Article

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