ARFI, FibroScan®, ELF, and their combinations in the assessment of liver fibrosis: A prospective study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-287

  Crespo, Gonzalo ^a   Fernández Varo, Guillermo ^a   Mariño, Zoe ^a   Casals, Gregori ^a   Miquel, Rosa ^a   Martínez, Stella M ^a   Gilabert, Rosa ^a   Forns, Xavier ^a   Jiménez, Wladimiro ^a,b   Navasa, Miquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse; Enhanced liver fibrosis; Liver transplantation; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIBROSCAN IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; BIOPSY; ELASTOGRAPHY; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863988049     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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