Assessment of Liver Fibrosis by Transient Elastography in Persons with Hepatitis C Virus Infection or HIV–Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection
Open Access
- 1 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 48 (7) , 963-972
- https://doi.org/10.1086/597350
Abstract
Background. Transient elastography is a novel, noninvasive method for staging liver fibrosis. We compared elastography with histologic methods amongKeywords
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