Performance of transient elastography assessing fibrosis of single hepatitis B virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of a diagnostic test

Hepatology International

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 558-566

  Xu, Xueying ^a   Su, Yang ^a   Song, Ruixiang ^b   Sheng, Yang ^a   Ai, Wensi ^a   Wu, Xiaofei ^a   Liu, Hongbo ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hepatitis B virus; Meta regression; SROC; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; LIVER; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84944515560     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-015-9643-z     Document Type: Article

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