Evaluation of liver fibrosis by transient elastography in methotrexate treated patients

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 137, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 637-639

  Barbero Villares, Almudena ^a   Mendoza, Jorge ^a   Trapero Marugan, María ^a   Gonzalez Alvaro, Isidoro ^a   Daudén, Esteban ^a   Gisbert, Javier P ^a   Moreno Otero, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FibroScan ; Inflammatory bowel disease; Liver fibrosis; Methotrexate; Psoriasis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAVIR SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 81155152704     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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