Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography: A better option for patients with extrahepatic cholestasis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-216

  Lim, Sun Min ^a   Chung, Moon Jae ^a   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a,b   Kim, Seung Up ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER STIFFNESS; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER;

EID: 84855896608     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834e0789     Document Type: Letter

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