Noninvasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 698-700

  Ladero, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; SCLEROPROTEIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053647637     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.738     Document Type: Editorial

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