Noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis
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Marianne Ziol; Adriana Handra-Luca; Adrien Kettaneh; Christos Christidis; Frédér
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Liver fibrosis is the main predictor of the progression of chronic hepatitis C, and its assessment by liver biopsy (LB) can help determine therapy. However, biopsy is an invasive procedure with several limitations. A new, noninvasive medical device based on transient elastography has been designed t