Fibroscan® and transient elastography

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 468-471

  Kemp, William ^a,b   Roberts, Stuart ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Elasticity measuring techniques; Fibroscan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880714451     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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