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Publication Name World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID 12786
Country/Territory Italy
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2014-07-26 08:29
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2014-11-11 10:08
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2015-01-06 09:08
ISSN 1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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Publisher Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website http://www.wjgnet.com
Category Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type Review
Article Title Non invasive tools for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis
Manuscript Source Invited Manuscript
All Author List Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Melchiorre Cervello, Anna Licata and Giuseppe Montalto
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Corresponding Author Giuseppe Montalto, Professor, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties DiBiMIS, University of Palermo, via del Vespro 141, 90127 Palermo, Italy. giuseppe.montalto@unipa.it
Key Words Liver fibrosis; Liver biopsy; Ultrasound; Elastography; Serum markers
Core Tip Liver biopsy is the current best available standard of reference to diagnose liver fibrosis, but it has several limits. Non-invasive methods to detect and follow up liver fibrosis (direct and indirect serum markers, ultrasound, ultrasound doppler, contrast enhanced ultrasound and Elastography) have been extensively studied in the last years but strong evidences of their usefulness in the real practice are still lacking. This work aims to review the most recent literature about the use of these non-invasive markers in defining liver fibrosis.
Publish Date 2015-01-06 09:08
Citation Soresi M, Giannitrapani L, Cervello M, Licata A, Montalto G. Non invasive tools for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(48): 18131-18150
URL http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i48/18131.htm
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i48.18131
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