Open AccessUsefulness of noninvasive transient elastography for assessment of liver fibrosis stage in chronic hepatitis C
Author(s) -
Tadashi Takeda,
Takahiro Yasuda,
Yuji Nakayama,
Mika Nakaya,
Megumi Kimura,
Mariko Yamashita,
Ayumi Sawada,
Koji Abo,
Setsuko Takeda,
Hiroki Sakaguchi,
Susumu Shiomi,
Hideki Asai,
Shuichi Seki
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i48.7768
Subject(s) - transient elastography , medicine , liver biopsy , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , procollagen peptidase , fibrosis , stage (stratigraphy) , biopsy , liver disease , hepatitis c , chronic liver disease , hepatic fibrosis , pathology , biology , paleontology
To evaluate the method of noninvasive transient elastography for assessment of histological stage of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC).