Effect of meal ingestion on liver stiffness in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Liver stiffness is increasingly used in the non-invasive evaluation of chronic liver diseases. Liver stiffness correlates with hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) in patients with cirrhosis and holds prognostic value in this population. Hence, accuracy in its measurement is...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Annalisa Berzigotti, Andrea De Gottardi, Ranka Vukotic, Sith Siramolpiwat, Juan G Abraldes, Juan Carlos García-Pagan, Jaime Bosch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3592829?pdf=render