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Liver stiffness measured by transient elastography correlates with fibrosis area in liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis C

✍ Scribed by Yoshifumi Nitta; Naoto Kawabe; Senju Hashimoto; Masao Harata; Naruomi Komura; Kyoko Kobayashi; Yuko Arima; Hiroaki Shimazaki; Takuji Nakano; Michihito Murao; Naohiro Ichino; Keisuke Osakabe; Hisako Aoki; Yoko Hosoe; Hiroko Sugiyama; Toru Nishikawa; Kentaro Yoshioka


Book ID
118088125
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
320 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
1386-6346

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