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Steatosis affects the performance of liver stiffness measurement for fibrosis assessment in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C

✍ Scribed by Macaluso, Fabio Salvatore; Maida, Marcello; Cammà, Calogero; Cabibbo, Giuseppe; Cabibi, Daniela; Alduino, Rossella; Di Marco, Vito; Craxì, Antonio; Petta, Salvatore


Book ID
122116975
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Weight
723 KB
Volume
61
Category
Article
ISSN
0168-8278

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