Transient elastography improves detection of liver cirrhosis compared to routine screening tests

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 953-960

  Göbel, Thomas ^a,b   Schadewaldt Tümmers, Janine ^a   Greiner, Lucas ^b   Poremba, Christopher ^c   Häussinger, Dieter ^a   Erhardt, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b Petrus Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c Pathology Laboratory München Nord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Fibroscan; Liver cirrhosis; Liver disease; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASOUND; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOMARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84921448897     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i3.953     Document Type: Article

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