Normal liver stiffness: A study in living donors with normal liver histology

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1149-1153

  Alsebaey, Ayman ^a   Allam, Naglaa ^a   Alswat, Khalid ^b   Waked, Imam ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fibroscan; Liver stiffness; Living donors; Normal liver histology; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929739227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i8.1149     Document Type: Article

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