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Noninvasive Evaluation of Hepatic Fibrosis Using Serum Fibrotic Markers, Transient Elastography (FibroScan) and Real-Time Tissue Elastography

DOI

109

Citations

27

References

2008

Year

Chie Tatsumi, Masatoshi Kudo, Kazuomi Ueshima, Satoshi Kitai, Shunsuke Takahashi, Tatsuo Inoue, Yasunori Minami, Hobyung Chung, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Kenji Fujimoto,
Intervirology

Abstract

Serum fibrotic markers and FibroScan are useful for distinguishing liver cirrhosis (F4) from chronic hepatitis (F1-F3). In addition, real-time tissue elastography is a novel and promising method to determine the stage of hepatic fibrosis.

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