Does transient elastography (FibroScan®) have a role in decision making in hepatocellular carcinoma?

HPB

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 403-408

  Pesce, Antonio ^a   Scilletta, Roberto ^a   Branca, Angela ^a   Nigro, Luciano ^b   Montineri, Arturo ^b   Larocca, Licia ^b   Fatuzzo, Filippo ^b   Castaing, Marine ^c   Puleo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Unit of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC); hepatocellular carcinoma; liver fibrosis; liver stiffness; portal hypertension; transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84861095941     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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