Performance of liver stiffness measurements by transient elastography in chronic hepatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-56

  Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   dal Bello, Barbara ^b   Zicchetti, Mabel ^a   Lissandrin, Raffaella ^a   Filice, Gaetano ^a   Filice, Carlo ^a   Above, Elisabetta ^a   Barbarini, Giorgio ^b   Brunetti, Enrico ^a   Calderon, Willy ^b   Gregorio, Marta Di ^a   Gulminetti, Roberto ^b   Lanzarini, Paolo ^b   Ludovisi, Serena ^a   Maiocchi, Laura ^b   Malfitano, Antonello ^b   Michelone, Giuseppe ^b   Minoli, Lorenzo ^a   Mondelli, Mario ^a   Novati, Stefano ^b   Patruno, Savino F A ^a   Perretti, Alessandro ^a   Poma, Gianluigi ^a   Sacchi, Paolo ^b   Zanaboni, Domenico ^b   Zaramella, Marco ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic viral hepatitis; Elastography; Fibroscan; Hepatitis c; Liver; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Transient elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIGIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873682565     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i1.49     Document Type: Article

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