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Assessment of liver fibrosis by a noninvasive method of transient elastography and biochemical markers
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 08/16/06
Kawamoto M, et al. - To assess the correlation between the fibrotic area (FA) as calculated by a digital image analysis (DIA), and to compare the diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan to the other existing Liver fibrosis (LF) markers using the receiver operating curve analysis...Conclusion: Our findings suggest that FibroScan can initially be used to assess LF as an alternative to a liver biopsy (LB) and serum diagnosis, because it is a safe method with comparable diagnostic accuracy regarding the existing LF markers
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