Transient elastography in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-178

  Abenavoli, Ludovico ^a,b   Beaugrand, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

Author keywords

Elastic wave; Liver; Obesity; Steatosis; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLEEDING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84856899527     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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