Elastographic assessment of liver fibrosis in children: A prospective single center experience

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Marginean, Cristina Oana ^a   Marginean, Claudiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Children; Elastography; Fibrosis; Liver; Malignancies

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864437646     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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