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Ultrasonic assessment of liver stiffness and carotid artery elasticity in patients with chronic viral hepatitis

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the relationship between liver stiffness and carotid artery elasticity in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. We used an acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) technique to measure stiffness, and a radio frequency (RF) vascular quantitative ultrasound techniqu...

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Autores principales: Li, Jing-Hua, Zhu, Ning, Min, Ying-Bin, Shi, Xiang-Zhou, Duan, Yun-You, Yang, Yi-Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30518330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-018-0910-z