Clinical Application of Transient Elastography in Liver Cirrhosis and its Complications / 胃肠病学
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology
;
(12): 300-303, 2015.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-463287
ABSTRACT
Liver cirrhosis is the advanced stage of various chronic liver diseases,and its complications include portal hypertension,esophageal and gastric varices,hepatocellular carcinoma,etc. Transient elastography( TE),a noninvasive method for liver stiffness measurement( LSM),has been used widely to detect liver fibrosis qualitatively and quantitatively. Recently,correlations were observed for LSM with liver cirrhosis and its complications. This article reviewed the studies focused on these correlations,as well as the clinical application of TE.
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Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2015
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