Elastography for Hepatic Fibrosis Severity in Chronic Hepatitis B or C

Elastography for Hepatic Fibrosis Severity in Chronic Hepatitis B or C

Aims: To assess the value of transient elastography for predicting significant fibrosis or cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B or C (CHB or CHC) patients. Methods: 75 patients (CHB: 45, CHC: 32) were included. All underwent elastography and liver biopsy concurrently. Biopsies were evaluated using Ishak...

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Main Authors: Maria-Vasiliki Papageorgiou, George V. Papatheodoridis, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Hariklia Kranidioti, Georgia Kafiri, Athanasios I. Archimandritis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Transient elastography
Fibroscan
Surrogate markers
Liver biopsy
Chronic hepatitis
Liver fibrosis
Cirrhosis
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