Effect of alcohol consumption on liver stiffness measured by transient elastography

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 516-522

  Bardou Jacquet, Edouard ^a,b   Legros, Ludivine ^a   Soro, Draman ^a   Latournerie, Marianne ^a   Guillygomarc'h, Anne ^a   Le Lan, Caroline ^a   Brissot, Pierre ^b   Guyader, Dominique ^a   Moirand, Romain ^a,b  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Liver biopsy; Liver stiffness; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84873634200     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i4.516     Document Type: Article

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