Liver stiffness measurement using acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography and effect of necroinflammation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1682-1691

  Yoon, Ki Tae ^a,b   Lim, Sun Min ^c,d   Park, Jun Yong ^c,d   Kim, Do Young ^c,d   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^c,d   Han, Kwang Hyub ^c,d   Chon, Chae Yoon ^c,d   Cho, Mong ^a,b   Lee, Jun Woo ^a,b   Kim, Seung Up ^c,d  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse elastography; Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index; Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Fibroscan; Fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE TO PLATELET RATIO INDEX; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DISEASE MARKER; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864285619     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2044-4     Document Type: Article

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