Reproducibility of shear wave elastography (SWE) in patients with chronic liver disease.

Reproducibility of shear wave elastography (SWE) in patients with chronic liver disease.

The presence of significant fibrosis is an indicator for liver disease staging and prognosis. The aim of the study was to determine reproducibility of real-time shear wave elastography using a hepatic biopsy as the reference standard to identify patients with chronic liver disease. Forty patients wi...

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Main Authors: Marcello Mancini, Angelo Salomone Megna, Monica Ragucci, Massimo De Luca, Giuseppina Marino Marsilia, Gerardo Nardone, Pietro Coccoli, Anna Prinster, Lorenzo Mannelli, Emilia Vergara, Serena Monti, Raffaele Liuzzi, Mariarosaria Incoronato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5638246?pdf=render

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