Non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2854-2866

  Schiavon, Leonardo de Lucca ^a   Narciso Schiavon, Janaína Luz ^a   de Carvalho Filho, Roberto José ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elasticity imaging techniques; Hepatitis C; Liver cirrhosis; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTHROMBIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT HEPATIC ELASTOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 84896443227     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i11.2854     Document Type: Article

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