Non invasive tools for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 18131-18150

  Soresi, Maurizio ^a   Giannitrapani, Lydia ^a   Cervello, Melchiorre ^b   Licata, Anna ^a   Montalto, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastography; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis; Serum markers; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYTOKERATIN 18; HYALURONIC ACID; METALLOPROTEINASE; MICROFIBRIL ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN 4; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YKL 40; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SPLENOMEGALY; ULTRASOUND; BIOPSY; BLOOD; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84920118982     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i48.18131     Document Type: Article

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