Liver ultrasound elastography for the evaluation of periportal fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni: A cross-sectional study.

<h4>Background</h4>ARFI elastrography has been used as a noninvasive method to assess the severity of liver fibrosis in viral hepatitis, although with few studies in schistosomiasis mansoni. We aimed to evaluate the performance of point shear wave elastography (pSWE) for predicting signi...

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Prif Awduron: Joelma Carvalho Santos, Andrea Dória Batista, Carla Maria Mola Vasconcelos, Roberto Souza Lemos, Valter Romão de Souza Junior, Alain Dessein, Hélia Dessein, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Edmundo Pessoa Almeida Lopes, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
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Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Cyfres:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006868