Factors associated with unreliable liver stiffness measurement and its failure with transient elastography in the Chinese population.

Wong, Grace L-H; Wong, Vincent W-S; Chim, Angel M-L; Yiu, Karen K-L; Chu, Shirley H-T; Li, Mia K-P; Chan, Henry L-Y

Wong, Grace L-H; Wong, Vincent W-S; Chim, Angel M-L; Yiu, Karen K-L; Chu, Shirley H-T; Li, Mia K-P; Chan, Henry L-Y.

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Wong GL; Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

J Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 26(2): 300-5, 2011 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21261720

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Asian People; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Liver Cirrhosis/diagnostic imaging; Adult; Body Mass Index; Chi-Square Distribution; China; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis/ethnology; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity, Abdominal/ethnology; Odds Ratio; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Waist Circumference/ethnology

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Asian People / Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Liver Cirrhosis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Year: 2011 Type: Article

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