Clinical applications of transient elastography

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-173

  Jung, Kyu Sik ^a,b   Kim, Seung Up ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Decompensation; Fibroscan; Fibrosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver stiffness measurement; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84867309630     PISSN: 22872728     EISSN: 2287285X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3350/cmh.2012.18.2.163     Document Type: Review

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