Point shear wave elastography method for assessing liver stiffness

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4787-4796

  Ferraioli, Giovanna ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Lissandrin, Raffaella ^a   Zicchetti, Mabel ^a   Bello, Barbara Dal ^b   Filice, Gaetano ^a   Filice, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic viral hepatitis; Elastography; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASOUND; VIRUS HEPATITIS; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ITALY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899630733     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i16.4787     Document Type: Article

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