BIOIMPEDANCE: NEW APPROACH TO NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF LIVER FIBROSIS - A PILOT STUDY

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Fibrosis are common structural hepatic change in patients with chronic hepatitis. Liver biopsy is the gold standard for determining the extent of liver fibrosis. Considering the technical difficulties and cost, improvements in non-invasive screening tools are greatly needed. Bi...

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Main Authors: Daniel IANNI FILHO, Ilka de Fatima Santana Ferreira BOIN, Ademar YAMANAKA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032018000100002&lng=en&tlng=en