Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is sometimes diagnosed based on a positive antimitochondrial antibody in the appropriate clinical setting without a liver biopsy. Although a liver biopsy can assess the extent of liver fibrosis and provide prognostic information, serum fibrosis markers avoid biopsy co
Predicting Clinical Outcomes With Elastography in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: One Step Closer?
โ Scribed by Singh, Siddharth; Kim, W. Ray; Talwalkar, Jayant A.
- Book ID
- 122907007
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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