Discordance between liver biopsy and fibroscan® in assessing liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis b: Risk factors and influence of necroinflammation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Seung Up ^a,b   Kim, Ja Kyung ^a,b   Park, Young Nyun ^a,b,c   Han, Kwang Hyub ^a,b,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOPSY; ELASTOGRAPHY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863116415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032233     Document Type: Article

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