The role of liver stiffness measurement in the evaluation of liver function and esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 98-103

  Hua, Jing ^a   Liu, Gui Qin ^a   Bao, Han ^a   Sheng, Li ^a   Guo, Can Jie ^a   Li, Hai ^a   Ma, Xiong ^a   Shen, Jia Lin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging techniques; Liver cirrhosis; Liver stiffness measurement; Portal hypertension; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPH; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84923292681     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-2980.12210     Document Type: Article

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