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Transient elastography with the XL probe rapidly identifies patients with nonhepatic ascites
BACKGROUND: In contrast with other elastographic techniques, ascites is considered an exclusion criterion for assessment of fibrosis stage by transient elastography. However, a normal liver stiffness could rule out hepatic causes of ascites at an early stage. The aim of the present study was to dete...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367229 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/HMER.S30256 |