Measurement of spleen stiffness by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging identifies cirrhotic patients with esophageal varices

Gastroenterology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Takuma, Yoshitaka ^a   Nouso, Kazuhiro ^b   Morimoto, Youichi ^a   Tomokuni, Junko ^a   Sahara, Akiko ^a   Toshikuni, Nobuyuki ^a   Takabatake, Hiroyuki ^a   Shimomura, Hiroyuki ^a   Doi, Akira ^a   Sakakibara, Ichiro ^a   Matsueda, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Tool; Liver Disease; Prediction; Prognostic Factor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN RIGIDITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84871303606     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.09.049     Document Type: Article

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