Ultrasound-based hepatic elastography: origins, limitations, and applications.
A reliable, noninvasive marker to help clinicians evaluate hepatic fibrosis is urgently needed. The liver biopsy, an imperfect gold standard, has recognized limitations including sampling error and interobserver variability. Hepatic elastography (HE) is a novel sonographic method for assessing liver...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology Vol. 44; no. 9; pp. 637 - 646 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2010 Oct
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |