Liver stiffness is influenced by a standardized meal in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus at different stages of fibrotic evolution

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-72

  Arena, Umberto ^a   Platon, Monica Lupsor ^b   Stasi, Cristina ^a   Moscarella, Stefania ^a   Assarat, Alì ^a   Bedogni, Giorgio ^c,d   Piazzolla, Valeria ^e   Badea, Radu ^b   Laffi, Giacomo ^a   Marra, Fabio ^a,f   Mangia, Alessandra ^e   Pinzani, Massimo ^f,g  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Liver Research Center   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD PUGH SCORE; DIET RESTRICTION; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; STAGING; STOMACH DISEASE; TEST MEAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FASTING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84879600823     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26343     Document Type: Article

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