Improving transient elastography performance for detecting hepatitis B cirrhosis

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-66

  Chen, Yong Peng ^a   Liang, Xie Er ^a   Dai, Lin ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Peng, Jie ^a   Zhu, You Fu ^a   Wen, Wei Qun ^a   Chan, Henry Lik Yuen ^b   Hou, Jin Lin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Bilirubin; Chronic hepatitis B; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY ALGORITHM; ULTRASONIC SCORE LIVER STIFFNESS INDEX;

EID: 83855165764     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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