Prospective comparison of real-time tissue elastography and serum fibrosis markers for the estimation of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients

Hepatology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 720-727

  Tamaki, Nobuharu ^a   Kurosaki, Masayuki ^a   Matsuda, Shuya ^a   Nakata, Toru ^a   Muraoka, Masaru ^a   Suzuki, Yuichiro ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Suzuki, Shoko ^a   Hosokawa, Takanori ^a   Nishimura, Takashi ^a   Ueda, Ken ^a   Tsuchiya, Kaoru ^a   Nakanishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Itakura, Jun ^a   Takahashi, Yuka ^a   Matsunaga, Kotaro ^a,c   Taki, Kazuhiro ^a   Asahina, Yasuhiro ^b   Izumi, Namiki ^a  

^a MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Fibrosis; Liver fibrosis index; Real time tissue elastography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE PLATELET RATIO INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME TISSUE ELASTOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84903892156     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12179     Document Type: Article

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