Non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis with transient elastography (FibroScan®): Applying the cut-offs of M probe to XL probe

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 402-412

  Wong, Grace Lai Hung ^a   Vergniol, Julien ^b,c   Lo, Peter ^a   Wong, Vincent Wai Sun ^a   Foucher, Juliette ^b   Le Bail, Brigitte ^c,d   Choi, Paul Cheung Lung ^a   Chermak, Faiza ^b   Leung, Kwong Sak ^a   Merrouche, Wassil ^b   Chan, Henry Lik Yuen ^a   de Lédinghen, Victor ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Body mass index; Cirrhosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Liver fibrosis; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84885669281     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31341-9     Document Type: Article

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