Diagnosis of cirrhosis by transient elastography (FibroScan): a prospective study

Foucher, Juliette

doi:10.1136/gut.2005.069153

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Diagnosis of cirrhosis by transient elastography (FibroScan): a prospective study

Published in Gut • Jul 14, 2005

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Juliette Foucher

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Transient elastography (FibroScan) is a new, non-invasive, rapid, and reproducible method allowing evaluation of liver fibrosis by measurement of liver stiffness. In cirrhotic patients, liver stiffness measurements range from 12.5 to 75.5 kPa. However, the clinical relevance of these val...

Subject

Transient elastography

Medicine

Cirrhosis

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