The frequency and determinants of liver stiffness measurement failure: A retrospective study of "real-life" 38,464 examinations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ji, Dong ^a   Shao, Qing ^a   Han, Ping ^a   Li, Fan ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Zang, Hong ^a   Niu, Xiaoxia ^a   Li, Zhongbin ^a   Xin, Shaojie ^a   Chen, Guofeng ^a  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905981573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105183     Document Type: Article

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