Diagnosis of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis using liver stiffness measurement: Comparison between M and XL probe of FibroScan®

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-839

  De Lédinghen, Victor ^a,b   Wong, Vincent Wai Sun ^c   Vergniol, Julien ^a   Wong, Grace Lai Hung ^c   Foucher, Juliette ^a   Chu, Shirley Ho Ting ^c   Le Bail, Brigitte ^b,d   Choi, Paul Cheung Lung ^c   Chermak, Faiza ^a   Yiu, Karen Kar Lum ^c   Merrouche, Wassil ^a   Chan, Henry Lik Yuen ^c  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C; Liver fibrosis; NAFLD; NASH; ROC curve; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIGIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858702851     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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