Non-invasive methods for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis: Transient elastography, hyaluronic acid, 13C-aminopyrine breath test and cytokeratin 18 fragment

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-97

  Caviglia, Gian Paolo ^a   Ciancio, Alessia ^b   Rosso, Chiara ^a   Lorena Abate, Maria ^a   Olivero, Antonella ^a   Pellicano, Rinaldo ^b   Antonio Touscoz, Giovanni ^b   Smedile, Antonina ^b   Rizzetto, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Fibroscan; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Non invasive fibrosis markers

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON AMINOPYRINE C 13; CYTOKERATIN 18; HYALURONIC ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; METAVIR SCORE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOPYRINE; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; KERATIN-18; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84893691029     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)30909-3     Document Type: Article

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