Performance of real-time strain elastography, transient elastography, and aspartate-to-platelet ratio index in the assessment of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-25

  Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Malfitano, Antonello ^a   Dal Bello, Barbara ^b   Filice, Gaetano ^a   Filice, Carlo ^a   Above, Elisabetta ^a   Barbarini, Giorgio ^a   Brunetti, Enrico ^a   Calderon, Willy ^a   Di Gregorio, Marta ^a   Lissandrin, Raffaella ^a   Ludovisi, Serena ^a   Maiocchi, Laura ^a   Michelone, Giuseppe ^a   Mondelli, Mario ^a   Patruno, Savino F A ^a   Perretti, Alessandro ^a   Poma, Gianluigi ^a   Sacchi, Paolo ^a   Zaramella, Marco ^a   Zicchetti, Mabel ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspartate to platelet ratio index; Hepatitis C; Liver biopsy; Real time elastography; Transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAVIR SCORING SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOPSY; BLOOD PLATELETS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863692198     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7517     Document Type: Article

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