A major new step in non-invasive evaluation of portal hypertension: Elastography

Liver International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-6

  Bureau, Christophe ^a   Martino, Vincent Di ^b   Calès, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Meta analysis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 84870826924     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12008     Document Type: Editorial

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