Fibrosis evaluation by transient elastography in patients with long-term sustained HCV clearance

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Calvaruso, Vincenza ^a   Di Marco, Vito ^a   Ferraro, Donatella ^a   Petta, Salvatore ^a   Calì, Anna ^a   Grazia Bavetta, Maria ^a   Conte, Elisabetta ^a   Almasio, Piero Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Insulin Resistance; Liver Cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A PLUS RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY;

EID: 84878357535     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.7176     Document Type: Article

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