Feasibility and reliability of the FibroScan S2 (pediatric) probe compared with the M probe for liver stiffness measurement in small adults with chronic liver disease

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-107

  Pradhan, Faruq ^a   Ladak, Farah ^a   Tracey, Jenna ^a   Crotty, Pam ^a   Myers, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Fibrosis; Hepatitis; Noninvasive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ECHOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORAX;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORAX;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878753892     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31391-2     Document Type: Article

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