Determination of reliability criteria for liver stiffness evaluation by transient elastography

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1182-1191

  Boursier, Jérôme ^a,b   Zarski, Jean Pierre ^c,d   de Ledinghen, Victor ^e,f   Rousselet, Marie Christine ^a,b   Sturm, Nathalie ^c   Lebail, Brigitte ^g   Fouchard Hubert, Isabelle ^a,b   Gallois, Yves ^a,b   Oberti, Frédéric ^a,b   Bertrais, Sandrine ^b   Calès, Paul ^a,b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LUNAM University   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g University Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER STIFFNESS EVALUATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; BIOPSY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84874473244     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25993     Document Type: Article

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