Serial changes of liver stiffness measured by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in acute liver failure: A case report

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-104

  Kuroda, Hidekatsu ^a   Takikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Onodera, Mio ^a   Kakisaka, Keisuke ^a   Yoshida, Yuichi ^a   Kataoka, Koujiro ^a   Sawara, Kei ^a   Miyamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Oikawa, Kanta ^a   Endo, Ryujin ^a   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; ARFI; Elastography; Liver stiffness; Shear wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84855591494     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20893     Document Type: Article

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