Non-invasive diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension

Disease Markers

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 129-138

  Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a,b   Ashkenazi, Eyal ^a   Reverter, Enric ^a   Abraldes, Juan G ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; serum markers; transient elastography; Ultrasound; varices

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMAGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

EID: 81155123615     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2011-0835     Document Type: Article

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