Transient elastography is a useful noninvasive tool for the evaluation of fibrosis in paediatric chronic liver disease

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-76

  Fitzpatrick, Emer ^a   Quaglia, Alberto ^a   Vimalesvaran, Sunitha ^a   Basso, Maria Sole ^b   Dhawan, Anil ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bambino de Jesu ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

fibrosis; noninvasive marker; transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84872322497     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31826f2760     Document Type: Article

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