How efficient is acoustic radiation force impulse elastography for the evaluation of liver stiffness?

BACKGROUND: In chronic liver diseases, a correct estimation of the severity of liver fibrosis is important for recommendations regarding the treatment. Nowadays, evaluation of fibrosis is done by noninvasive methods such as biochemical scores and transient elastography instead of liver biopsy. The l...

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Autores principales: Sporea, Ioan, Badea, Radu, Sirli, Roxana, Lupsor, Monica, Popescu, Alina, Danila, Mirela, Focsa, Mircea, Deleanu, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3212759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087190