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The usefulness of non-invasive liver stiffness measurements in predicting clinically significant portal hypertension in cirrhotic patients: Korean data

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) has been proposed as a non-invasive method for estimating the severity of fibrosis and the complications of cirrhosis. Measurement of the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is the gold standard for assessing the presence of portal hypertension,...

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Autores principales: Hong, Won Ki, Kim, Moon Young, Baik, Soon Koo, Shin, Seung Yong, Kim, Jung Min, Kang, Yong Seok, Lim, Yoo Li, Kim, Young Ju, Cho, Youn Zoo, Hwang, Hye Won, Lee, Jin Hyung, Chae, Myeong Hun, Kim, Hyoun A, Kang, Hye Won, Kwon, Sang Ok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3894436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24459641
http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2013.19.4.370