Transient elastography: is liver stiffness in alcoholic patients all fibrosis?
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Can transient elastography be a reliable method for assessing liver fibrosis in non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)?
UNLABELLED The aim of our study was to evaluate the severity of liver damage in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients, by means of Transient Elastography (TE), using prespecified cut-off values of liver stiffness (LS) measurements. PATIENTS AND METHODS Our retrospective study included 478 NASH patients. Ten LS measurements were performed in each patient by means of TE, by using a stan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0269-2813,1365-2036
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.03971.x