Shear wave elastography in assessment of liver stiffness and prediction of gastro-esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis
Abstract Background Shear wave elastography is an ultrasound applied technique used to measure tissue stiffness as a result of a disease. So, it can be used to evaluate liver stiffness as a result of liver cirrhosis and could correlate it with esophageal varices. The purpose of this study was to eva...
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| Materialtyp: | Artikel |
| Språk: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-09-01
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| Serie: | The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine |
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| Länkar: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-019-0015-x |