Noninvasive diagnostic method for idiopathic portal hypertension based on measurements of liver and spleen stiffness by ARFI elastography

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1061-1068

  Furuichi, Yoshihiro ^a   Moriyasu, Fuminori ^a   Taira, Junichi ^a   Sugimoto, Katsutoshi ^a   Sano, Takatomo ^a   Ichimura, Shigeki ^a   Miyata, Yuki ^a   Imai, Yasuharu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ARFI; Esophageal varices; Spleen; VTTQ

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN LIVER STIFFNESS RATIO; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN STIFFNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCYTOPENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885433600     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0703-z     Document Type: Article

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