Biopsy No More; Changing the Screening and Diagnostic Algorithm for Hepatitis C

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-310

  Bonder, Alan ^a   Afdhal, Nezam H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; AGE; ALGORITHM; ASIAN; BODY MASS; COST; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RIGIDITY; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84874567544     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.12.003     Document Type: Editorial

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