Performance of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse imaging for the staging of liver fibrosis: A pooled meta-analysis

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Friedrich Rust, M ^a   Nierhoff, J ^b   Lupsor, M ^c   Sporea, I ^d   Fierbinteanu Braticevici, C ^e   Strobel, D ^f   Takahashi, H ^g   Yoneda, M ^h   Suda, T ⁱ   Zeuzem, S ^a   Herrmann, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^g SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARFI; elastography; fibrosis staging; liver biopsy; liver stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; DELONG TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FIBROSIS; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND BASED TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855835833     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01537.x     Document Type: Article

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