Diagnosis of hepatoma using grayscale and Doppler ultrasound in patients with chronic liver disease
Author(s) -
Zishan Haider,
Wasim Memon,
Mirza Amanullah Beg,
Muhammad Idris,
Tanveer Ul-Haq,
Waseem Akhtar,
Sidra Muhammad Idris
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s25170
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , ultrasound , radiology , gold standard (test) , chronic liver disease , diagnostic accuracy , liver biopsy , liver disease , biopsy , predictive value , pathology , cirrhosis
To determine the diagnostic accuracy of liver ultrasound for the detection of hepatoma in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients by either taking histopathology or serum α-fetoprotein levels or a biphasic computed tomography (CT) scan (whichever is available) as the gold standard.
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